Customer Reviews
One of the most beautiful stories ever told - By: Bezerus Bezby, 30 Nov 2007 
As a child, I was enchanted by this wonderful book. Now I have my own children, I am happy to be able to read it to them & they also love it. A selfish giant won't let any children play in his garden, until he meets a very special little boy.
Ultimately this is a Christian tale of love, forgiveness & redemption. It is very moving & the illustrations in this edition are beautiful. This is a story that will live on in your mind long after you have turned the last page.
The best short story for children ever written - By: , 15 Nov 2002 This is my favourite short story & has been since I was eight. It still has the power to move me to tears. Almost alll Oscar Wilde's fairy stories have a sad, poignant quality to them & this is one of the best. I never tire of reading it.
This beautifully illustrated version brings this wonderful story to children of today. I can't recommend it highly enough. Make sure you have the tissues handy, though!
Beautiful - By: , 19 Apr 2002 It took me a long time to remember the title of this book. I can remember reading it a long, long time ago when I was about 5 or 6 & loving it. The story has never left my mind & never will. At the time I had no idea who Oscar Wilde was but I think that it is to his credit that he wrote such an imaginative moral tale so beautifully for children. It was also one of the saddest, yet most life-affirming & honest endings I had ever read. In a way, it was books like these that got me interested in writing; knowing that there were other, more apt ways to finish other than the generic happy ending was especiallly eye-opening.
An alll-round great.
