The book that started it all · by Nicholas Townsend Smith
The Giants and the Smalls
The Adventure of Rimi and Ritt
Not your typical bedtime story — this is a wake-up call to Giant potential.
Free for everyone in the Tribe: create your free account and it's on your shelf — with 30 days of All-Access, no card.
About the book
The Giants and the Smalls
Do not buy this book if you’re looking for a quick bedtime story. The Giants and the Smalls is not a "get it over with" kind of read. This is a slow down, sit down, and invest time kind of story—because anchoring lifelong principles takes more than a few minutes, whether you're 5 or 55.
Through the journey of Ritt, a small who discovers his giant potential, you'll dive deep into lessons of leadership, self-love, hard work, and personal responsibility. This isn’t about getting your kid to sleep—it’s about getting them to wake up to the giant potential inside them.
This book is for parents, grandparents, and leaders ready to create intentional moments that build real life skills—not just for kids, but for anyone ready to step into their greatness. If you’re committed to shaping giants and rewriting your own story in the process, this book is for you. But if you’re after a quick read just to check the box, move on—this isn’t for you.
Who it's for
- Parents and grandparents ready to create intentional moments that build real life skills
- Leaders shaping the next Giants — at home, at work and everywhere in between
- Readers of any age, five or fifty-five, ready to step into their greatness
- Anyone willing to slow down, sit down and invest the time — not just check a box
Inside the book
- Ritt's journey
- Ritt is a Small who discovers the Giant potential inside him. His adventure with Rimi is the story the whole Tribe grew from.
- Lessons that last
- Leadership, self-love, hard work and personal responsibility, anchored slowly, the way lifelong principles have to be.
- A wake-up, not a wind-down
- This isn't about getting a child to sleep. It's about waking them, and you, up to the Giant potential inside.
Why it matters
The Tribe grew from these pages
Every part of the Tribe of Giants grows out of this book: the world of the Giants and the Smalls, Rimi and Ritt, and the conviction that every Giant was born a Small. There would be no Tribe, no 12 Journeys and no Wake Up With Giants TV without it.
The 12 Journeys carry its story world into a guided path for anyone ready to grow. Rimi became the guide who walks every member through it. And it's the first book on every member's shelf in the Giant Library, free for everyone in the Tribe.
Questions
About The Giants and the Smalls
Can I read The Giants and the Smalls for free?
Yes. It's free for everyone in the Tribe of Giants: create a free account and it's the first book on your shelf in the Giant Library, readable on any device. Prefer it on paper? It's on Amazon.
Who is The Giants and the Smalls for?
Parents, grandparents and leaders ready to create intentional moments that build real life skills — and anyone, five or fifty-five, ready to step into their greatness. It's a slow-down, sit-down read, not a quick bedtime story.
What does The Giants and the Smalls teach?
Through Ritt, a Small who discovers his Giant potential, it teaches leadership, self-love, hard work and personal responsibility.
How is it connected to the 12 Journeys?
It's where the Tribe began. The world of the Giants and the Smalls, and Rimi, the guide who walks every member through the 12 Journeys, come from this book. The Giant within the Small then follows one man through the twelve journeys home.
Where can I buy The Giants and the Smalls?
On Amazon. Or read it free inside the Tribe of Giants.
Every Giant was born a Small.
Free for everyone in the Tribe: create your free account and it's on your shelf — with 30 days of All-Access, no card.
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