Project Gutenberg 2010-07-31 Public domain in the USA. 31 Kidder, Daniel P. (Daniel Parish) 1815 1891 Kidder, Daniel Parish Kidder, D. P. (Daniel Parish) The Five Giants Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Five Giants" by Daniel P. Kidder is a children's educational book published in the mid-19th century. The book utilizes allegory to introduce young readers to the mighty forces of nature that are personified as five giants: Fire, Water, Wind, Gunpowder, and Steam. Through a whimsical narrative approach, it aims to impart important lessons regarding the powerful and sometimes destructive influence of these elemental forces while encouraging respect and understanding of their roles in human life. In this engaging tale, Kidder depicts each giant with distinct personalities and behaviors that reflect the characteristics of the natural elements they represent. Flare symbolizes fire, known for its warmth and cooking abilities, yet also its potential for destruction. Roar represents water with its dual nature of nurturing life and causing chaos. Blow embodies wind, playful but unpredictable. Bounce personifies gunpowder, illustrating its use in fireworks and warfare, while Rush represents steam, recognized for its industrious potential. Throughout the narrative, Kidder emphasizes the great influence these giants—or natural forces—have over mankind, urging readers to acknowledge both their benefits and perils, ultimately reminding them of the higher power that governs these forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33299/33299-h/images/cover.jpg en Children's stories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 43805 43818 2024-10-14T07:06:59.132819 2023-09-14T11:25:06.578414 text/html text/html 40582 2010-07-31T10:58:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 328564 2010-07-31T10:58:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 346947 2024-10-14T07:07:00.999783 application/epub+zip 345542 2024-10-14T07:06:59.556813 application/epub+zip 94299 2024-10-14T07:06:59.336802 application/epub+zip 380257 2024-10-14T07:07:02.302794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371058 2024-10-14T07:07:00.772787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120382 2022-09-15T09:07:07.797658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34519 34327 2024-10-14T07:06:58.975800 2023-09-14T11:25:06.259462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34418 2010-07-31T10:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13258 2010-07-31T10:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19681 2024-10-14T07:07:02.432786 application/rdf+xml 25681 2024-10-14T07:06:59.401783 image/jpeg 3850 2024-10-14T07:06:59.368794 image/jpeg 329258 2024-10-14T07:06:59.150805 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia