How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk with the Giant setting a trap to catch little boys to eat. Jack though has his own plan to thwart the Giant.
Great illustrations and a unique twist to this story.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom. I LOVE this author and her books. My nephews love them too. This is another retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk but with a twist. The Giant is makes a plan to catch a boy and eat him. Enter Jack who is fascinated with the giant stalk and wantt to check it out. Will Jack get eaten by the Giant? Read this fun filled book to find out. The story and pictures are wonderful! These books make great gifts and like I said my 5 and 10 year old nephews both love them!
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A super cute story. A cross between Jack and The Beanstalk and Hansel & Gretel, but retold to be more modernized. My 3 yr old nephew loved it. I feel that older kids would probably enjoy it more, as they would understand it a bit more. The pictures are cute and engaging. Awesome world building and interactions between the characters. I would absolutely recommend this for a classroom book for grade 1 & 2 teachers.
Review by Manda Kelly 2023
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I’m beginning to love this authors children’s books. The books are usually
Remakes of some of our
Favorites from childhood with a little twist. All the kids love these books and the pictures are amazing. Another great 4 star read from myself, a 3 year old, 4 year old and 6 year old
review by @xchellex
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4 Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟
This is a cute, imaginative story about a Giant who believes he can outsmart a boy and trick them with gifts…but the Giant has plans for a tasty meal in Jack the human…..Giant’s have “to eat too” right?
When Giant’s plans have a twist with Jack the human…will Giant catch Jack and eat him?
Definitely read and find out!! I love this author’s books and her imagination creating these stories. The illustrations are great and go right along with the book….cute story!
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A great retelling of Jack and the beanstalk with a twist. What if giants really wanted to be our friends but didn’t know how diverse a palate could be ?
Twisting this store up making it fun and a bit quirky it was a cute quick weird. That had my boys giggling.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a very unique and creative read. It’s a combination of Jack and the Beanstalk and Hansel and Gretel. The story is very busy, and has a lot to keep up with what is going on. The illustrations are very well done. The author has done a great job in keeping the reader’s interest in the story.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A modern and cute retelling of Jack and the Bean Stalk. The story has a twist at the end that made me giggle! The illustrations are great and the storyline is easily understood by young readers. I think some older elementary age kids would enjoy reading this too, especially if they have younger siblings, a great way to help kids who might need help reading out loud.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Here we go with another retelling of Jack and the trouble he can get into. Jack is not just lazy, he is greedy too. This has to be one of the cutest versions of this story. Jack continues to get himself in trouble. But can Jack escape the Giant once again? The author has written a story that I love, the grandkids did too. Great open discussion before and after reading this book. I have to say, I love this author as well as her twists on fairy tales from long ago. They are fresh and fun to read.
Review@cinful
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4 Stars
“A giant’s gotta eat. But people are afraid of him. A giant does what he’s gotta do. And so does Jack.”
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom is another charming children’s fantasy story with interesting and colourful illustrations, plenty of fun, and adventure. It is a bit of a dark and humorous take on the classic fairytale “Jack and the Beanstalk” – with a twist.
In this quirky story, Ms. Wickstrom gives us the giants POV- which gives the story added interest, and results in a fun and engaging story.
The illustrations are great- big, bright, bold, and colourful – and really grabbed my grandchildren’s attention.
Looking forward to more from Ms. Wickstrom.
Happy reading…
Reviewed by @angelahayes
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them is an imaginative and fun retelling story book. It is aimed at children aged 4 to 8 years old.
With its vivid bright and colourful pictures, it is a winner with children as they journey along.
Lois’s stories are not just stories but there is always something that makes them learning tools as well that help with shaping and the development of young minds and skills.
My grandchildren could not stop laughing as they imagined trying to get Jack into the cooking pot.
This wonderful adventure story is a must as a gift for a special occasion or just because.
Reviewed by @jennadb
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cute retelling of Jack in the Beanstalk, but told from the giant or ogre. My favorite part was when the “fear” of the boys “ruins their flavor. I teach elementary school and was pleasantly surprised to see this book (so often, it is 3 Little Bigs, 3 Little Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.). I have mixed feelings about modernizing the tale to include influencing, but I will say, it was a twist I wasn’t expecting.
The ending is very cleverly written as well. The illustrations and text would engage a young audience and still interested elementary school kids.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is another great children’s book from this author! Inspired by the Jack and the beanstalk story, we see the giant’s perspective on capturing and eating small boys.
This is a fun retelling, with some of the classic aspects being given a more modern twist. The story is appealing to kids, as are the accompanying illustrations/images.
As always, I believe this author’s work to be creative and great for the target audience: children. I’ll be looking out for more by this author.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them is a cute children’s book that is based loosely off the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale. The story is told from the POV of the Giant who tells us how he intends to capture little boys so that he can eat them. The Giant seems to have it all figured out and even has it planned out step-by-step. He makes it easy for the boys to steal from him so that they continue to come back and is careful not to scare them because this will ruin their flavor. When Jack meets the Giant, he offers to do an infomercial for the Giant so that he will have more little boys climbing up the Beanstalk to the Giant’s home. What the Giant does not realize is that Jack might have more to his plan than he is letting on. I loved this retelling and found it cute, funny, and whimsical. I loved that Jack ends up tricking the Giant and that the Giant never saw it coming. The illustrations were bright, colorful, and really brought the story to life.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is yet another fun and entertaining story that had our whole family hooked. My kids have asked for this story multiple times and I think we could recite most of it from memory by now. The story was such a great one. Well written and engaging. The images just added to the overall effect.
I feel like such a broken record when I review a book by this author. They are all so good I can do nothing but shout about it. I must repeat myself time and time again. And I will do so again now. This book is well written, fun and such a joy to read. I would definitely recommend it.
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
What a super cute book! I really love the illustrations. I could see my 8 year old son being all about this book. I can hear him saying “well that’s not right” to how Jack handles the giant and telling me all about how he would deal with the situation. I feel like it’s a great book to spark a discussion with my little guys. I love classic story remakes like this one!
@jowright
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this modern retelling of Jack & The Beanstalk. Infomercials, fast talkers, lazy, all the things that little boys can be. It’s funny, entertaining. My grandson was laughing at the giant and how the boys tricked him. The illustrations are wonderful. Another winner for this author.
.•°*°•. BOOK SPOTLIGHT SHOWCASE .•°*°•.
The Giant with a golden goose and a magic harp thinks that…
Earth boys are lazy. Earth boys want to steal stuff and get rich. Earth boys taste best when they are happy and confident.
So, the Giant lets them steal stuff until they are confident and happy. Then he’ll eat them.
But Jack convinces the Giant that he could get rich selling these boy-trapping goodies to other giants. And then Jack makes an infomercial showing other boys how easy it is to rob a giant. How many boys will Jack lure into the Giant’s kitchen? And who will be outsmarted… the Giant, Jack, or the other boys?
Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.
Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.
She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.
Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.
