also available ~~~ $7.95 pb NO LONGER CARRY

208 pgs. illus. 2003. Upper elementary, middle school.

Richard Chase collected THE JACK TALES in the mountain country of North Carolina, where they have been handed down for generations. Everyone knows the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. This book contains eighteen stories about Jack, many of them still completely new to the average reader. And what adventures Jack has!

“Humor, freshness, colorful American background, and the use of one character as a central figure in the cycle mark these eighteen folk tales, told here in the dialect of the mountain country of North Carolina.” ~Booklist

“Meat for the student of folklore as well as for the lover of tall tales.” ~Horn Book

Curriculum Applications: 4th 7 5th Grade Social Studies; Grades K-5 Language Arts

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