Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant

Barr-Green, Craig (2024) Gina Kaminski Rescues the Giant. Gina Kaminski . Little Tiger, London. ISBN 9781801046589

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Gina Kaminski is struggling to cope with multiple unknowns of a school trip to an art gallery, so she is given the chance to decompress in the art gallery bookshop. Her support assistant reads Gina the story Jack and the Beanstalk. Gina immediately identifies three huge mistakes and is furious. She portals into Fairytale Land to fix them. She overcomes obstacles and saves the day (and the Giant!) with fantastical ingenuity. This is an action adventure story told through an autistic, own-voice lens. The picturebook deploys a fourth wall breaking, first person, present tense POV for an immediate and intimate insight into a multi-sensory neurodiverse world. Gina also uses an emotions chart to articulate her feelings when life is overwhelming and she cannot express herself verbally. These visual aids are often found in school and domestic settings. The book showcases hitherto underseen representations of everyday neurodiversity, agile and effective teaching support systems and nonverbal communication. Gina interrogates and remixes a fairytale to form her own values, particularly on emotional and mental health support, while navigating the traditional hero’s journey in a manner that is appropriate for the young reader. The book encourages the reader to ‘Be More Gina’: if information, or a narrative, or an instruction, or news feels wrong, feel brave enough to challenge it. The text encourages young readers to state their needs and to consider self-care.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	picturebook; neurodiversity; neurodiverse representation; children's literature
ISBN:	9781801046589
Subjects:	Literature
Department:	School of Communication
Depositing User:	Craig Barr-Green
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2026 12:10
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2026 12:10
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/6400

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