The Giants and the Smalls: The Adventure of Rimi and Ritt

What an amazing story with a message that is so needed today - we get to choose to reach our giant potential. Absolutely loved it, and it is beautifully illustrated. I have purchased a number of copies for my nieces and nephews, and for my kids school libraries.

I bought this book for my 7 year old step son. We both really enjoyed the empowering story and the beautiful artwork. We will have to read it together a few more times but, he knows what I mean when I ask if he wants to live like a Giant or a Small. I was personally very inspired by the story and use parts of it to remind myself to live a Giant life!

This book is about how to grow your thinking. It is about learning to see yourself playing bigger in the world. Each of us have this desire inside us to play a much bigger game in life, but often people dont know where to start. In this wonderful story, it teaches us tiny steps that we can take to go from being smalls and playing small in the world to becoming giants and living our ideal life. It teaches us that simply by beginning to dream and think giant thoughts we begin to see our world differently, new opportunities arise and if we show up and work on those opportunities we too can become giants and live a life of joy and abundance.

This book is problematic for many reasons. First it pits two groups of people against each other. One group is better than the other. It’s the kind of divisiveness that we just don’t want to teach our children. Second, it’s rife with notions of victim-blaming and gas-lighting. It promotes the idea that if a group of people, (the Smalls, a literary reference to their minority group status) has less material wealth than another group (the Giants, a literary reference to their dominant group status), that they must have done something wrong, and that it’s all in their heads. It’s suggested at the end that the minority group must literally become (assimilate) one if the dominant group in order to overcome their poverty. It’s bad on every level.

This book is a beautiful story of learning to believe in yourself and to keep being

I had heard about this book from friends and was excited to see for myself how good it really is. It arrived quicker than I expected. I love how it reads like a fairytale for kids, as well as adults, to enjoy with a message that is so uplifting and inspiring. I will absolutely keep extras on hand for gift giving!

This is an awesome story with an even better message! The illustrations are one of a kind and really give vibrant images while youre reading. I know loads of people that could benefit from reading this and will be sharing it with all of them!

I would give this book zero stars if I could. Where is there room for people with disabilities or the disadvantaged in this book? This is filled with fallacies. Not every person can overcome every single hardship in their lives simply by rolling up their sleeves and working harder. This is dangerous and gross indoctrination of children to think they are better than others simply because they have more opportunities and less hardship. I would not want any of my children or students to be exposed to this misinformation. Is it important to work hard? Absolutely! Is it important to be grateful for what you have? Of course! But that doesn’t mean that those who don’t have an abundance should be looked down upon as not having worked hard enough. A small minded view lacquered over with a thin veneer of toxic positivity.