JACK AND THE BEANSTALK; Retold by Susan Pearson / Illustrated by James Warhola

Pearson, Susan and James Warhola

ISBN 10: 0671671960 / ISBN 13: 9780671671969

Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, 1989

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ORIGINAL SKETCH by James Warhola of a Wizard on the half-title, quarto (10 3/4" x 8 3/4"), glossy pictorial boards, image repeated on dust jacket (price-clipped), illustrated by JAMES WARHOLA in full-color, blue endpapers, 32 pages. Includes Personal Autograph Letter SIGNED by James Warhola to a friend with comments on the scarcity of his book. A colored postcard with an illustration of the giant looking down on Jack is laid in. Susan Pearson (born 1946) is a distinguished children's book editor, and the author of more than thirty books for children, including Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries. James Warhola (born 1955) is an American artist who has illustrated more than two dozen children's picture books since 1987. He wrote and illustrated Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol (Putnam, 2003) about his remarkable artist uncle. ORIGINAL ART and Autograph Letter Signed by ILLUSTRATOR JAMES WARHOLA! EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean. Beautifully illustrated. No foxing or smudges. Bright sharp dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks. Seller Inventory # 8672

Bibliographic Details

Title: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK; Retold by Susan ...

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Pictorial boards

Illustrator: James Warhola

Condition: Very Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition, Third Printing.

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Synopsis:

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

From Publishers Weekly:

The tale of Jack, his widowed mother, the sky-dwelling giant and the five magical beans is well known. And the refrain--"Fee-fi-fo-fum! / I smell the blood of an Englishman. / Be he live or be he dead, / I'll grind his bones to make my bread"--is a time-honored tradition, which Pearson has happily neither modified nor omitted. Instead, she has simplified the language without losing the old-world atmosphere of Jack's adventures. The giant is as gruesome and disgusting as ever, and a glutton as well, consuming five meat pies, three roast turkeys, 10 pounds of fried potatoes, eight dozen eggs and a few gallons of hot chocolate. Pearson's satisfying retelling is further complemented by Warhola's rich, ruddy watercolors of an idealized fairy tale setting. The giant's fall from the sky is uniquely portrayed. Ages 4-8.
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