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Early in her career, Solis-Cohen wrote David the Giant-Killer, and Other Tales of Grandma Lopez (1908), and translated from Hebrew a selection of allegorical tales designed for young people by the Russian Hebraist Judah Steinberg, published under the title The Breakfast of the Birds and Other Stories (1917).
Emily Solis-Cohen. 2009
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New Line has bought a pitch from Jack the Giant-Killer writer Darren Lemke that would re-cast the tale of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King as an action movie.
The Nutcracker, in Action Movie Form: Like a Simpsons Parody Come to Life | /Film 2009
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I made up stories as a kid, to get myself to sleep, about a hero known as Flash (I was a big fan of those old Flash Gordon serials, you know) or Jack (as in the Giant-Killer).
Why Do I Infernokrush? Hal Duncan 2005
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Recommended Reading Jack the Giant-Killer and Drink Down the Moon by Charles de Lint Wonderful urban fantasy novels bringing "Jack" and magic to the str modern Canada.
Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991
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Of _Jack the Giant-Killer_, in Skinner's _Folk-Lore_, David
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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Giant-Killer_, he has shown that it is the same tale as Grimm's _The
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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Cinderella, Jack the Giant-Killer_, -- which has been said to be the epitome of the whole life of man -- _Beauty and the Beast_, and a crowd of others.
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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Giant-Killer_, designed by Craig, engraved by Lee.
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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In Perrault's time, when this influence was beginning to decline, they superseded the English tales, crowding out all but _Jack the Giant-Killer, Tom
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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The tales included translations from Perrault, Madame D'Aulnoy, Madame de Beaumont, tales from _The Thousand and One Nights_, and from _Robin Hood_; and the single tales of _Jack the Giant-Killer, Tom Thumb_, and _Jack and the Bean-Stalk_.
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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