|aThe mysterious giant of Barletta :|ban Italian folktale /|cadapted and illustrated by Tomie DePaola.
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|a1st ed.
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|aSan Diego :|bVoyager Books :|bHarcourt Brace Jovanovich,|cc1984.
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|a[32] p. :|bcol. ill. ;|c29 cm.
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|aThe giant statue that has always stood in front of the Church of San Sepolcro in Barletta is called upon to save the town from an army of a thousand men that is destroying all the towns and cities along the lower Adriatic coast.
An eleventh-century legend about a mysterious giant. “The illustrations are among dePaola’s best: rigorous line and expressive movement against an atmospheric background of rich golds, blues, and reds.”--The Bulletin