Berlie Doherty, with her fantastic flare for storytelling, puts a different slant on a familiar fairytale. With beautiful line-drawn chapterheads by illustrator Steven Wood, this quirky set of stories within a story are perfect for children reading on their own, or for those adults reading with them.
Which Jack were you after ? Uncle Jack, Daft Jack or Jack the Giant Killer ? They all have a story to tell, a legend to forge, stories filled with giants, dragons, tricks and magic...
Which Jack were you after ? Uncle Jack, Daft Jack or Jack the Giant Killer ? They all have a story to tell, a legend to forge, stories filled with giants, dragons, tricks and magic...
Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and has written many plays for radio, theatre and television. She has been translated into over twenty languages and has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal for both Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody, and the Writers’ Guild Award for both Daughter of the Sea and the theatre version of Dear Nobody.
She has three children and seven grandchildren, and lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.
