Find out what Mumsnetters thought of children's book Giant by Kate Scott

What a lovely book to help kids who aren't so confident and feel different to others. Brilliant!

I read Kate Scott's book Giant with my 9 year old granddaughter. It tells of a boy called Anzo (in ancient German his name means giant ) but in fact he is small and very unhappy about this. The book revolves around his school and homelife, his struggle and how he comes to see himself. We found the book opened up so many questions from the 'name calling' to the different 'awareness' of teachers and parents. Our favourite character was Elise, Anzo's best friend who listens to him, gave help and taught him about positive thinking. She encouraged him to follow his passion for cartoon drawing---we all need an Elise. The book is told with humour so it is not heavy going. Adults can learn much from this book. Listen to your children, be aware and have time for them. From my granddaughter's view reading this book, I found it reinforced her values and beliefs and accepting one another's differences strengthened.

wow the kids loved it and couldn't wait for me to read more to them!

A very inspirational exciting book sensitively written

This book holds a message for everyone however old you are - feeling as though you don't fit in affects us at any age. It is great that Anzo has such a good friend who does listen to him and things improve with his family. I hope all those busy parents out there get a chance to read and reflect too.
The children enjoyed the book because they found it funny that he was so small to start with and then got so tall - had to put up with constant chanting for a bit as they decided to try out making themselves taller as Anzo did!

Thank you Mumsnet for my copy of this book.

OMG, I loved this book! Can't wait to give it to my 10 year old now that I've finished vetting it. I so felt for Anzo, struggling to understand where his place in the world is and why no one seems to notice him, whether he is short or tall, where he just seems to swap one set of issues & worries for another. It covers subjects relevant to lots of children as they are growing up, loneliness, the encouragement of friends and strength to believe in ourselves and make our dreams come true. A really powerful message within it if you want to look that deeply - who we are inside is what really, really matters! A touching and brilliant book in my opinion - 5/5.

I think my son will really relate to this as often he doesn't feel he fits in at school cause he's not sporty and therefore cool & popular. I hope he will take from this that we are all special in our own way and must celebrate our uniqueness.

My 12 year old daughter has just finished and enjoyed reading this book. She thought it was written how an 11 year old would think, and said it made her appreciate what she has, including her family! She has suggested I read the book now so I plan to. Thanks for letting us be part of this!

A great light-hearted book and easy to read, very quick and to the point and gives some good messages to kids. Overall my daughter and I loved this book and I'm sure she will get me to reread this at bedtime in a short while. It is about a boy called Anzo who's problem is that he is far too short! His ambition/dream in life is to be tall as he thinks this will make him happier, he manages to fulfil this dream in the book and you follow his story. Very positive.

I was lucky enough to be chosen to review this book, which saved me a few £s because after reading about it through MN I had to have it so would have bought it if I hadn't been chosen to review. I will be back to review once we have finished it

PS. In my daughters excitement to put down her views, I forgot to say thank you for the book mumsnet!

My 11 year old daughter raced through this book and read it in a couple of sittings. Here are her views:

The book was an easy read. It was relatable for small people except from the fact that you don't grow magically like that. Perhaps the book was for children slightly younger than me. However I still enjoyed it. In some bits of the book I felt bad for Anzo though, the main character, because of his family and the way people at school treated him. But I felt happy that he had such a good best friend. It was a happy ending in the end but it was kind of predictable about what they would call the restaurant and that Elsie would invite the parents behind Anzo's back and that Anzo would win the competition.

They're both "Compact" children, so could identify, but were quite alarmed at the prospect of growing into giants

We have just received this and look forward to starting it.

would love a copy please

I really enjoyed sharing this book with my 8 year old daughter. The message was clear but not patronising and the humour of the book was lovely. The characters were believable and the message about the important roles of both family and friends was a very relevant one for her age range.

My 7 yo is really enjoying this so far. He says it's funny and he likes the characters

My youngest son is one of the smallest in his class, and is often teased, so I bought the book, after reading the plot, I read it first to see if it was suitable, which i felt it was. It was funny, inspirational, my son payed a lot of attention, and really made him grow in confidence, and to begin to accept himself it gives a good moral lesson in accepting yourself and keep you ambitions (it even helped me too - being 5 foot 2 )

Very excited to receive a copy of this - my two sons (aged 10 nearly 11 and the other is 12) would both enjoy it. I have just had a quick read through parts of it myself before I give it to them to read and I think it is SO relevant for this kind of age group with so much going on in terms of peer pressure and insecurities that kids feel - especially if they are 'different' in any way - one of my sons has aspergers and so often stands out as being different. the other is extremely popular with many friends and very confident outwardly but struggles with self-esteem at home. So the more the message goes out that EVERYONE is unique and that is OK and more than ok it is good, the better. Kate Scott has done a great job with this book.

Thanks Mumsnet for my copy. What a lovely book so sensitively written and not patronising. Accept who you are and rejoice is the message. Well done Kate Scott.

This is a funny, poignant book and a really great read. The message is good as Anzo begins to understand that it's what's inside of you that makes all the difference.

My auto correct jumped in there- the main character is called Anzo....

My son loved this book and it engaged us in interesting conversations about what makes you feel happy/accepted. The main character Antony is a footnote in his family and at school. He attributes this to being small. However, even when he grows the situation doesn't change until he starts to accept that pursuing his own dreams and succeeding is the key. A thought provoking read for the 8-12 age group.

You have to read 'Giant'! I fell in love with the main character, Anzo, struggling to make himself seen or heard in a family of big personalities. First he's ridiculously small then he's ridiculously tall yet they still don't notice him! But with the help of his best friend Elise, Anzo gets up the courage to follow his dream to become a creator of comic books, finally finding his place in the world. It's a lovely story about loneliness, creativity, courage and friendship. Funny, gentle and a little bit nail-biting. I loved it!

My boys love this

My son really loves it .