Jacob and the Stranger

by Sally Derby, Leonid Gore (Illustrator)

In exchange for generous pay, lazy Jacob agrees to care for a mysterious stranger's plant and to return everything when the stranger comes back, but the plant produces magical miniature wildcats that Jacob does not want to give up.

31 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1994

Reviews

[Krista the Krazy Kataloguer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magical cats and beautiful illustrations make this an enchanting story. I had to purchase a copy after I read it.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

A traditional fairy tale with a lesson to be learned, though not the one that I was expecting. I was really expecting the lesson to be not being lazy, but the way it worked out seemed okay too.