978-1887905-51-0
1-887905-51-0
$19.95 paperback
131 pages
b&w illustrations
Parkway Publishers
also by Gail E. Haley:
My Father's Beast
Costumes for Plays and Playing
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"Haley's
use of metaphor, hyperbole and dialect captures the playful spirit of
mountain lore. Her emotive elaborate wood engravings--as well as her
afterwords about the stories, the art and language itself--enrich this
buoyant anthology."
--Publishers Weekly
Jack is the universal folk hero and adventurer. Tales of Jack's adventures
are as timeless as bedrock but as fresh as dawn in the Appalachian hills.
Whether Jack is outsmarting ogres, busting card sharks, wrestling with
ornery witches, or even taking on Old Man Death himself, the plainspoken
hero's common sense, goodness and hill-country humor help him come out on
top every time.
about the author and illustrator
Gail Haley is an award-winning author and illustrator. She received the
Caldecott Medal for A Story, A Story, Kate Greenway Medal for Post
Office Cat, and Kadai Tosho Award for the best book of the year in
Japan. |
