Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life

Young Hewitt Anderson is sweet, smart, polite--and very, very small. This warmly humorous tale is "proof that, when it comes to heart, physical size isn't the whole story" (Kirkus Reviews).

Descended from a long line of giants, the J. Carver Worthington Andersons take their height very seriously indeed. You see, without exception all of the many J. Carver Worthington Andersons have been giants until now. And poor Hewitt--hidden in the floorboards, trapped in the flour vat, lost in the bedsheets--has his struggles being tiny. Oh, his parents worry: How will their son manage to live in a world of big things? Leave it to Hewitt to prove the power of being small.

Inspired by the tale of "Jack and the Beanstalk," the inimitable Jerdine Nolen tells an original story of bravery and the power of the individual. Kadir Nelson's imaginative and loving illustrations create a world where smallness rules--a world that children will want to return to again and again.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 01/01/2005
ISBN: 9780689868665
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 11.38h x 9.28w x 0.39d
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended

Review Citations: Multicultural Review 09/01/2005 pg. 102
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 284 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2005 pg. 47
Ingram Children's Advance 01/01/2005 pg. 35
Kirkus Review - Children 12/15/2004 pg. 1206
Booklist 12/15/2004 pg. 731
Ebony 02/01/2005 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2005 pg. 243
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2005 pg. 260
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2005 pg. 66
School Library Journal 05/01/2005 pg. 92

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 85044 / Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5