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Jack the Giant-Killer: Jack's First and Finest Adventure

by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers · 1987

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Retells in verse Jack's encounter with a giant, including such lore as the right way to shake hands with a giant.

Genre
fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Form
rhymingrhymingMore like thisLess of this

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