Download or read book The Further Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer written by Robert Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEYOND THE BEANSTALKAll New Southern Tales about Jack the Giant Killer"You can almost hear the crickets chirping and the rocking chair creaking on the cabin porch as you listen to Robert Hudson's distinctly Southern voice spinning out these trickster tales reminiscent of the Jack tales retold by Richard Chase in the middle of the last century."As long as there have been stories, Jack has been climbing more than beanstalks, and Hudson mines an amazingly deep repertoire of antique world folktales for these fresh retellings. He has found Jack traipsing through Babylon and ancient Sumer, trekking through Malaysia and Japan, and wandering through tales told by Homer, by Taoist monks, and by Pliny the Younger. The trickster shows up in fables by Aesop and supping at King Arthur's Round Table."As you hearken to the narrative of Jack's vanquishing of giants, his confrontations with otherworldly intimidators and real-world oppressors, you'll recognize his picaresque encounters as archetypal episodes that represent the deepest human fears even while they embody the greatest of human comforts-story."- Donald R. Hettinga is the author of The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy and the coeditor of Sitting at the Feet of the Past: Retelling the North American Folktale for Children. He teaches children's literature at Calvin University.
Download or read book Jack the Giant Killer Illustrated written by Joseph Jacobs and published by The Planet. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the Giant Killer is the famous English fairy tale about a brave lad slaying hideous giants. Color illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
Download or read book Jack of Kinrowan written by Charles de Lint and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-07-02 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacky Rowan is hurtled into the land of Faerie and is hailed as a trickster hero destined to save the Elven Courts.
Download or read book Jack the Giant Killer written by Richard Doyle and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Jack, the intrepid boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants, has been told to children for hundreds of years. In 1842, when he was just 18, Richard Doyle, whose natural talent for draftsmanship was matched by imaginative invention and a passion for legend and the grotesque, created a picture-book version of Jack the Giant Killer, with hand-written text and a watercolor within a pictorial border decorating every page. It has remained one of the most beloved versions of this timeless tale. In this new Everyman's edition, Doyle's vivid, wonderfully engaging illustrations have been enlarged and the text has been given greater legibility. It is a book that will satisfy both the child's delight in scariness, wonder, and magic, and the collector's pleasure in classic Victorian illustration.
Download or read book Jack the Giant Killer and Other Stories written by Vic Parker and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English edition of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment was published in the early 1700s—and its tales are still being told today! “The Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor” introduces readers to a story from halfway around the world, showcasing centuries-old South Asian culture. Joined with the classic tale of “Jack the Giant Killer,” "Jorinda and Jorindel," "Tamlane," and "The Twelve Brothers," readers are drawn into chilling, eerie fairy tales that include lots of magic and wonder. Dark, haunting images and illustrations complement each story and help readers explore these scary fairy tales and their own imaginations.
Download or read book Jack the Giant killer written by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jack the Giant Killer written by Percival Leigh and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into a world of fantasy and poetry with "Jack the Giant Killer" by Percival Leigh. This enchanting collection brings together juvenile poems, fairy tales, and humorous tales that captivate the imagination. Leigh's lyrical prose and whimsical storytelling make this a delightful read for both children and adults alike. Whether you're revisiting childhood favorites or discovering these tales for the first time, this book promises a magical journey.
Download or read book Jack the Giant Killer written by Franklin Watts and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack's village is in trouble. The giant Cormoran keeps stealing the villagers' animals and they have hardly any food left. But how is one boy going to stop a mighty giant?
Download or read book English Fairy and Other Folk Tales written by Edwin Sidney Hartland and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Misplaced Myths and Lost Legends written by Adam Bushnell and published by Sage Publications UK. This book was released on 2022-08-27 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring myths and legends alive in your classroom. *20 myths and legends from across the UK are presented here as model texts for teaching writing in Key Stages 1 and 2; *Teaching ideas and activities are included in all chapters alongside writing tasks for your class, based on parts of the stories; *The activities support children to bring their own voices alive through their writing; *They are encouraged to imagine characters, create settings, develop storylines and weave themes and challenges into their narratives. A ′how to′ guide for teaching children in primary schools to write their own myths and legends.
Download or read book The Chronicle of the Valiant Feats of Jack the Giant Killer Newly Edited from Original Manuscripts with Fresh Illustrations written by the Giantkiller JACK and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jack the Giant killer written by Charles De Lint and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-creation of the tale, Jack, the Giant-killer, set in 20th century Canada. "The Jack of this version ... is Jacky Rowan--a young woman who leads a fairly predictable life until a brush with magic gives her the ability to see into the Faerie world that exists alongside our world.... Soon she becomes a guerrilla in a war of magic as the darker denizens of Faerie... struggle to destroy the brighter creatures of magic. If they succeed, all the city, human and otherworldly alike, will be plunged into nightmare. ...[T]here is a quest to undertake, a treasure to claim, giants to defeat. But unlike the villains of childhood stories, these Faerie creatures are real, and deadly. And there is no guarantee of ending happily ever after." -- Jacket flap.
Download or read book Jack the Giant Slayer written by Isaac Wanyera and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an interesting story about the farm boy who lived in the united kingdom in the time where men believed there were giants and had exactly the same body features as the normal human being.These creatures were so terrifying, stronger and some times considered man as part of there food menu!The giants were believe to have come from above the skies and that's where they lived, they had there own kingdom just like men.A misunderstanding arose when the giants wanted to come and take control and rule over every thing normal man had and worked for.So man had to fight to retain his possessions, This where Jack Arose from to become the hero in the kingdom, getting the famous title 'Jack the giant slayer'.
Download or read book Jack the Giant Killer written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seeing Jesus written by Robert Hudson and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus ascended to heaven. End of story. But then how do we explain the many Christians, in nearly every century since, who claimed to have seen, heard, met, and touched Jesus in the flesh? In Seeing Jesus, Robert Hudson explores the larger-than-life characters throughout Christian history who have encountered the actual face or form of the resurrected Christ--from the apostles Thomas and Paul in the first century to Charles Finney in the nineteenth and Sundar Singh in the twentieth. Hudson combines history, biography, spiritual reflection, skepticism, and humor to unpack awe-inspiring and sometimes seemingly absurd stories, from a surprise sighting of Jesus in a cup of coffee, to Christ appearing to Julian of Norwich during a life-threatening illness to assure her that "all manner of thing shall be well." Along the way, he uncovers deeper meaning for us today. Through Hudson's quirky and lyrical prose we get to know people of unflinching faith, like Francis of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, Silouan the Athonite, and Sojourner Truth--those who claim radical encounters with Jesus. The result is a fascinating journey through Christian history that is at once thoroughly analytical and deeply devotional.
Download or read book The Poet and the Fly written by Robert Hudson and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flies are the most ubiquitous of insects: buzzing, minuscule, and seemingly insignificant, they've been both plagues and minor annoyances for millennia. Rather than ignore these incredibly mundane and seemingly insignificant creatures, poets spanning centuries--from the seventeenth to the twentieth--and continents--from North America to Asia--have found that these ordinary bugs in fact illuminate deep spiritual mysteries. In this revelatory book, Robert Hudson considers seven poets, each of whom wrote a provocative poem about a fly. These poets--all mystics in their own way--ponder the simple fly and come to astounding conclusions. Considering Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and several other poets, The Poet and the Fly brings together the poetry, the flies, and the poets' own lives to explore the imaginative, and often prophetic, insights that come from the startling combination of poetry and flies. Ultimately, the message each poet offers to us through the fly is as relevant today as it was in their own time: the miracle of existence, the gift of mortality, the power of the imagination, the need for compassion, the existence of the soul, the mystery of everything around us, and the sacramental, grace-giving power of story.
Download or read book A Thief in the Night Further adventures of A J Raffles Cricketer and Cracksman written by E. W. Hornung and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thief in the Night is a series of short stories about Raffles who is an expert gentleman thief. Like Sherlock Holmes, he is a master of disguise. Raffles's adventures are about the mischievous and clever crimes that Raffles and his friend Bunny commit.
