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Fenway and his beloved human Hattie are a perfect pair until they move from the city to the suburbs, after which the Jack Russell terrier must find a way to get his Hattie back.

Enter the fantastic world of one of America's greatest living storytellers where wicked giants and enchanted animals pursue and entice Jack, an everyman hero and trickster. These three traditional tales relate the antics and misadventures of a poor mountain boy whose innocence, ingenuity, and luck enable him to outwit the wicked forces of the world around him.

Visiting their uncle's seaside home for the summer, a brother and sister open a mysterious trunk in a back room and discover a sinister-looking pirate puppet that comes to life and takes them captive.

Shows two illustrators going through all the steps involved in creating new picture books of "Jack and the Beanstalk," including layout, scale, and point-of-view.

After Nightlight, a Guardian, transforms into Jack Overland Frost, he is entrusted by Father Time with a great secret, but he must revisit his past if he is to understand the secret and defeat an old enemy who threatens the world with destruction.

Even though Fenway is disappointed when his best human friend Hattie refuses to remove the Cone of Doom so he can care for his own injury, he is determined to cheer her up when she worries about her grandmother's visit.

1868, London: When Sherlock's friend Beatrice appears at his door late at night, claiming to have been attacked by the Spring Heeled Jack--a fictional, fire-spitting character from the Penny Dreadfuls--Sherlock assumes she's lying. Soon, however, the Jack attacks again--and Sherlock is on the case.

The Shogun has deemed that any Christian or foreigner now discovered outside the bounds of an official trading port will be instantly put to death. For Jack, Nagasaki is within reach, but the Shogun's samurai are closing in with the help of Jack's old school rival, Kazuki, who has a score to settle. Will Jack make it to the city alive?

Ambushed by the Shogun's samurai, Jack and his friends have only one hope of escape -- the Seto Sea. Unless Jack can harness the Ring of Wind, he and his friends are destined for a watery grave.

Jack Fletcher faces his toughest challenge yet. After a snowstorm forces him to take shelter, Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits. Torn between moving on or helping, Jack is persuaded to stay and fight the villagers' cause. But Jack is the first and only samurai to do so. Now he must enlist other warriors to the villagers' aid before the bandits return to steal their harvest. No easy task when the reward...