New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - First picture book for both the author and the artist - in 1987, Egielski won the Caldecott award for his illustrations for another of Yorinks books. The story of Sid, " a giant bigger than a thousand midgets on each other's shoulders" and Sol, a "short guy" who is the only one to apply for the job of saving the world from the giant, cleverly illustrated in black & white by Egielski.