Jack

The (Fairly) True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

De: Liesl Shurtliff

Narrado por: Bruce Mann

Fairy tale fans will give a giant cheer for this funny retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk from the New York Times best-selling author of Rump and Red!

All his life, Jack has longed for an adventure, so when giants turn up in the neighbor's cabbage patch, he is thrilled! Soon Jack is chasing them to a land beyond the clouds, with his little sister, Annabella, in tow. The kingdom of giants is full of super-sized fun: Puddings to swim in, spoons to use as catapults, monster toads to carry off pesky little sisters...

But Jack and Annabella are on a mission. The king of the giants has taken something that belongs to them, and they’ll do anything - even dive into a smelly tureen of green bean soup - to get it back.

©2015 Liesl Shurtliff (P)2015 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Liesl Shurtliff has the uncanny ability to make magical worlds feel utterly real, and the best part is: You don’t even need a beanstalk to visit them.” (Tim Federle, author of Better Nate than Ever)

"A delightful story of family, perseverance, and courage." (Booklist)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️rating

It was a really good book but at some points of the story I felt like Liesl was just trying to make it longer but I know it was all for more details! In the end it was an amazing book

Jack

For anyone who loves adventures and tales! This book is for you and the family!

Jack the Giant Killer

Loved Jack and his story! Intertwined with other books in this series. All my kids age 5-14 enjoyed

great book

Very entertaining from beginning to end!
We couldn't wait to read the next chapter, to see what would happen next.

Jack

The story and the narration was great. I love how the narrator always did funny and good voices for different people. I also loved the way he stopped between chapters and read all the words clearly. I loved this book!!!!

If you were looking for a refund story this is the story to see

It is awesome I don’t know what else I need to say it is awesome you should get this

Started out strong and then began to fizzle

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I listened to this book with my five and seven year old children. They enjoy a variety of books from all different eras but "Jack" just couldn't keep their attention beyond the half way mark. In their defense it couldn't keep my attention either. This would be a much better book if it were shorter and didn't feel like it was being dragged out. I would not recommend it for children under ten. Simply due to the way it starts to drone on.

Would you ever listen to anything by Liesl Shurtliff again?

She has a book "Red" we have just started. We shall see how this one goes.

Did Bruce Mann do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

He did a great job. No complaints there.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Possibly.

Not good

It was a robotic reading. So no stars is what I feel it should be.