Jack and the Giant-killer and Jackwitch

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781408307748
• ISBN10: 140830774X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Summary

A different cast of Jacks from the usual--sometimes it's not the easiest name to have Hearing the name Jack the Giant Killer is enough to send a chill down the spine of any Giant, so imagine what it's like to be a Giant called Jack. The second Jack's father likes to go witch-hunting. One night his son decides to follow him into the woods, where he's in for a big surprise.

Author Biography

Michael Lawrence is the author of Baby Christmas; Small Eternities; the Jiggy McCue series, which includes The Killer Underpants; and A Crack in the Line, which won the Michael L. Printz Award and the Georgia Peach Award, and was chosen by the ALA as one of the year's best books for 12-18 year olds. Tony Ross is the author and illustrator of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Centipede's 100 Shoes, I Don't Want to Go to Bed!, Stone Soup, Three Little Kittens and Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes, and Wash Your Hands! He has received numerous awards, including the German Children's Book Prize and the silver medal in the Smarties Prize, and has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal.