An illustrated fantasy, told as fact, with a message for children and
adults. The tale of a lost race of giants and what happens when their
existence, and their location, becomes known by the outside world.
After finding a huge tooth on the docks, English explorer Archibald
Leopold Ruthmore sets out to seek the race of giants to whom the tooth
belongs and discovers nine giants, the survivors of a singularly gentle
and kindly race. He lives among them for ten months, and on returning
home he makes a mistake that he regrets forever--he writes a book
revealing their existence and location.
School Library Journal said, "Part fable, part fantasy, and part
morality tale, this unusual French import takes the form of a
19th-century explorer's journal, illustrated with intricate
watercolors... The powerful and thought-provoking messages require
reflection and may be used to spark lively discussions."