Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants
In this reinvention of a favorite folktale, a youngster faces the overgrown manifestations of the seven traditional human failings (including Sloth, the would-be poet), all of whom come roaring to life in striking black-and-white pictures.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0374336709
ISBN13:9780374336707
Release Date:May 2004
Publisher:Farrar Straus Giroux
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 7.8"
Age Range:5 to 9 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 4
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Fresh treatment of a traditional story
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I love it when an author uses traditional story materials and freshens them with a new approach. That's what Sam Swope has done with "Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants." Jack is every stalwart, good-hearted boy who ever lived--even if he does get into trouble. We've met him in Jack and the Beanstalk, and now he's back in this book, vanquishing one enemy after another with clever thinking and panache. The Seven Deadly Sins are re-tooled for younger readers, but they still pose the challenges all excesses do. It's brilliant that these excesses are represented by giants since their temptations do indeed loom as gigantic in our lives. It's rare to find a book that's both funny and thought-provoking, but this is it!
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