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020 _a 9781771383769 (hbk)
040 _beng
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_erda
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_3GC
_a599.949 R29
_b2018.
100 _aRenaud, Anne,
_d1957-
_eauthor.
245 _a The true tale of a giantess :
_bthe story of Anna Swan /
_cwritten by Anne Renaud ; illustrated by Marie Lafrance.
264 _aToronto, Ontario, Canada :
_bKids Can Press,
_c2018.
300 _a1 volume (unpaged) :
_bcolor illustrations, portraits ;
_c27 cm.
520 _aWhen Anna Swan came into the world, people chattered. They whispered over tea and gossiped across fences. Because even when she was small, Anna was ... tall. By the time she was four, she'd risen higher than a rain barrel. At six, she was taller than her mother. By ten, she towered over her father. And still she grew, always feeling she did not fit into her world. But Anna had dreams that matched her height -- she imagined a life of travel and adventure. At seventeen, she moved to New York City to join P.T. Barnum's Gallery of Wonders. And it was there that Anna's world began to grow ..
521 _aGS
_bEnglish
546 _aText in English
600 _aSwan, Anna
_d1846-1888
_vJuvenile literature.
650 _aGiants
_vBiography
_vJuvenile literature.
_zNova Scotia
700 _aLafrance, Marie,
_eillustrator.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
_h500-599