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Time Spies: Giant in the Garden
Candice Ransom

Illustrated by Greg Call and Jim Bernardin
Fiction (Series)
Ages 7 to 9
Wizards of the Coast Publishing, 2007, 978-0-7869-4074-5
  Alex is bored and definitely ready to have another time traveling adventure but there is no guest staying in the Jefferson Suite in his parent’s bed and breakfast and as he and his sisters well know, if there is no guest in that room, then they cannot have an adventure. The children have figured out that their Travel Guides, the people who set them on their way to an adventure, always stay in the Jefferson Suite.
  Then they meet Mr. Taylor, a botanist, and to their surprise they discover that he is staying in the Jefferson Suite. Alex cannot imagine what kind of an adventure a plant specialist could possibly send them on. A plant specialist who knows all about peas?
  He soon finds out the answer to this question when he emerges from the magic time traveling spyglass to see that he and his sisters – and the family cat, Winchester – are practically standing at the base of an enormous pea plant. It is just like the one that Jack from the fairy tale used climbed into the clouds and when Winchester starts to climb the giant stalk, the children do too. At the top of the giant pea stalk they find exactly what one what expect to find – a castle, a giant, a hen that lays golden eggs, a singing harp, and a lot of problems.
  In this third book in the Time Spies series, the children take a very different sort of journey, traveling into the world of stories instead of traveling back in time. In so doing they discover that stories are not to be scoffed at. Stories play a very important role in our lives and in our history. They are often what we carry with us when we travel from place to place and from country to country. They are a legacy that we pass on to our children and as Alex comes to see, though details may change, the basic elements stay the same no matter where we are or what is happening to us.
  Written in a style which challenges independent readers, this is an excellent series full of dialogue, action, plenty of adventure, and just the right touch of fantasy.
 

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