Big Jeremy by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Donald Carrick, Holiday House, New York, 1989.
This story is even more fun for our family as one of sons is named Jeremy. He was the largest chi9ld in the family. In this book, Jeremy is a giant, who is prone to clumsiness. This is a Paul Bunyan story, except our giant is an apple farmer rather and a lumberjack. Big Jere,y had things pretty nice, working for the Terison family and enjoying the sunsets at night. Everything was great until the orchard burned. Things get worse from there, he blows all the children and grandchildren away blowing out the fire, then he breaks the bridge, and then he dumps them all in the river. He decides to get away. This only makes things worse for the Terisons. The illustrations of Big Jeremy are very comical, and add a great deal to the book.
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