Hardcover
Brave boy battles giants: a classic tale reborn in vibrant art.
Jack The Giant Killer
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
15 December 1999
Summary
The story of Jack, the intrepid little boy whose courage and ingenuity defeated a host of many-headed giants several times his size, is an English folk-tale that must have been told often in the Victorian nursery of the Doyle family. Growing up in the 1830s, they were all gifted children, especially Richard, whose natural talent for draughtsmanship was matched by imaginative invention and a passion for legend and the grotesque. In 1842, when only eighteen, he created for his own delight a pic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857155075 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857155076 |
| Author: | Richard Doyle |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 1999 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 162mm x 212mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
| Audience Age: | 5-7 |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
162 × 212 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Richard Doyle
Richard Doyle lives with his wife and child in Oxford.
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