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K-Gr 4 Much like the Grimms's tailor who kills "seven at one blow" in any number of retellings, Fearless Jack kills "ten at a whack." Yellow jackets, that is-that are helping themselves to his biscuit and sorghum. Jack (that rascal of beanstalk fame) and his mother are "down to nothing but a penny and a pot." So the lad sets out to find some work. With the message of his accomplishment painted on his hat, he comes to a town that has been victimized by any number of varmints...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Crediting storyteller/folklorist Richard Chase with sparking interest in Appalachian variants of European tales about the boy hero-trickster Jack, Paul Brett Johnson draws on tales he heard as a boy for this lively, updated rendition. Like the Grimms' "Seven at One Blow," Johnson's story begins with Jack's generalized boast after swatting some pesky yellow jackets: "Fearless Jack killed ten at a w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More