1. What is a tinker? In the world of Giant Bones, what would a tinker do?

How would a tinker make a living?

2. Giant Bones mentions several unusual creatures. Draw pictures of these following the father's descriptions where you can. In particular, what would the giants and the rocktargs look like?

3. The giants sleep through the winter, arising only on warm days. What real-life animals do this? How do they do it?

4. The giants eat their dead as part of a ritual celebration of the dead.

Have there been any human cultures that did this? Why did they do it?

What were the purposes of the rituals they followed?

5. Selsim lived with the giants for eighteen years. During that time he probably had some adventures. Write a story about an adventure that teaches something about the Qu'alo way of life, keeping...