Jack and the Beanstalk. First printing thus

Walker, Richard; Sharkey, Niamh

ISBN 10: 1901223612 / ISBN 13: 9781901223613

Edité par Bristol. Barefoot Books Ltd, 1999

A propos de cet article

Bristol. Barefoot Books Ltd. 1999. First Edition/First Printing in this edition. (1 in number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Pictorial laminated boards. Decorated endpapers and illustrated title pages with profuse illustrations throughout the text by Niamh Sharkey. An energetic re-telling of this much loved classic bounds joyfully along, crackling with gleeful humour. Written by the professional story teller Richard Walker.

N° de réf. du vendeur JUN25.22008

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Jack and the Beanstalk. First printing thus
• Éditeur: Bristol. Barefoot Books Ltd
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1901223612
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781901223613
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Children's illustrated, fairy tale

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Synopsis

Jack loves an adventure and when he returns home from market with six magic beans he certainly gets more than he bargained for! Overnight the beans grow in to a huge beanstalk which beckons him up to the clouds where he encounter a giant, a golden goose and lots of gold.

Biographie de l'auteur

Richard Walker was a professional storyteller who told his tales at a variety of venues from folk festivals, schools and theatres to private homes. He was also a freelance broadcaster and editor of Fact and Fiction, the storyteller's magazine. Richard Hope is a British TV actor who starred in ITV's MIT: Murder Investigation Team as DS Barry Purvis, as well in a number of other dramas like BBC1's A Touch of Frost, and ITV's Heartbeat and Poirot. He also narrates The Barefoot Book of Pirates (HB w/CD: 9781846862366; PB w/CD: 9781841482484). Niamh Sharkey is the 1999 winner of the prestigious Books for Children Mother Goose Award for best new illustrator. She is also the winner of the 1999 Bisto Award, the Irish award for best illustrator. She lives in Dublin, Ireland. Niamh has also worked with Barefoot Books on Tales from Old Ireland (HB w/CD: 9781902283852; PB w/ CD: 9781905236039) and Tales of Wisdom and Wonder (HB w/CD: 9781846862427; PB w/CD: 9781905236831).