Jack-in-the-Box? And, Tall-Tale Jack - A Pair of Jacks

Michael Lawrence, Tony Ross

Paperback (05 Aug 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

When a baby is found in a cardboard box, he is named after the label on the box, so ends up being called This Way Up. He doesn't like it and sets about finding a new name. Can you guess what it turns out to be?

Tall-Tale Jack is a rich man's servant, prone to laziness and inventing elaborate excuses for getting out of doing any work. But the truth can be stranger than fiction, and so it proves to be for this Jack...

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Orchard Books

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Book information

ISBN:	9781408307762
Publisher:	Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:	Orchard Books
Pub date:	05 Aug 2010
DEWEY:	823.914
DEWEY edition:	22
Number of pages:	125
Weight:	120g
Height:	196mm
Width:	128mm
Spine width:	10mm