Jack and the Beanstalk – Cannonball Read 17

Jack and the Beanstalk…. but different

A Home in the Sky (Twicetold Tales) by Olivia Snowe

August 9, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Few story spoilers below: While the retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk has been done before, A Home in the Sky (Twicetold Tales) is a slightly older version and has a few modern touches. Olivia Snowe has a series of different fairy tales/legends and made them for a today’s audience, but also kept the original feeling (or at least with this one, which I believe is Snowe’s first). I have read reviews that said Jack was 11-years-old. I either missed that or people are assuming […]

Make sure you know what the ingredients in your bread are

Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

March 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While still fun, Calamity Jack, the sequel to Rapunzel’s Revenge is not as strong as the first graphic novel. Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Nathan Hale this time show the world of Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk fame. We see (in a quick flashback) how the goose came into Jack’s possession; why the magic beans were important (no cow in sight) and that we should watch out for Mother’s who know how to back some crazy bread. Then we jump forward to “now” where […]

Sometimes the editors miss stuff…

Briar and Rose and Jack by Katherine Coville

July 21, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Overall, this was a delightful story, and I do recommend it! It’s a combination of Sleeping Beauty and Jack and the Beanstalk. The Queen gives birth to twins, but the first baby has deformed features and is deemed unsuitable to be the heir. Luckily, the second baby is perfect. Due to some quick thinking on the Queen’s part, the first baby is going to be raised as the daughter of a distant Duke who passed away, but brought to the castle to be a playmate […]

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