{"id":7,"date":"2013-02-16T17:50:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T00:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2021-12-12T16:38:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:38:16","slug":"jacob-and-the-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Jacob and the Giant&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-732\" src=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Book-images-001-1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Available Now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fashioned in the style of tales told long ago\u00a0(circa 1060), this\u00a08.5 x 11 children&#8217;s picture book is beautifully detailed\u00a0with eighteen \u00a0illustrations by Shane Morgan. \u00a0My grandfather, Jacob, related a similar story to his grandchildren many times over, back in the 1960\u2019s. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll enjoy sharing it with your family. Suitable for ages 3 and older.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are a few notes I&#8217;ve received from readers:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My four year old, Austin, doesn&#8217;t let me put it away at night. He insists on sleeping with your book.&#8221;<\/em> Andy S, Albuquerque, NM<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Our son &#8216;Jake&#8217; loves your story, especially since &#8216;Jacob&#8217; is the main character&#8217;s name.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>Daniel &amp; Marsha S, \u00a0Brooklyn Park, MN<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0&#8220;If I try to shortcut reading the story to them at bedtime my grandkids go nuts, &#8216;No, No, you forgot to read the part&#8230;&#8217; Thanks for a great story, Jim!&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> Dick P, \u00a0Billings, MT<\/p>\n<p><strong>O<\/strong>nce\u00a0upon a time, a little boy, named Jacob, took his father\u2019s team of horses and wagon into the Dark Forest to gather firewood. Suddenly, a big scary giant stepped out from behind the trees where he\u2019d been watching. He kidnapped the boy and forced him to spend the night in a small cave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>J<\/strong>acob had to think of a way to outsmart the giant so he could escape and get back home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D<\/strong>o\u00a0you think you\u2019d be clever enough to overcome someone so much bigger than you? You must read the tale to discover how the little boy accomplishes the dangerous deed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use the &#8216;BOOK SHOP&#8217; tab to see your choices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children have been my source of inspiration and motivation for this modest effort. Therefore, should it prove successful, I am committed to donating <strong>all<\/strong> profits to children\u2019s charities in the USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available Now! Fashioned in the style of tales told long ago\u00a0(circa 1060), this\u00a08.5 x 11 children&#8217;s picture book is beautifully detailed\u00a0with eighteen \u00a0illustrations by Shane Morgan. \u00a0My grandfather, Jacob, related&#8230; <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/?p=7\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}