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Jack and the Beanstalk : Faith as a Seed

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I was quite surprised when I received this book since there was no indication in the description that the traditional tale had been transformed into a religious story. The subtitle is "Faith as a seed". God speaks to Jack and the Giant is the devil. At the end of the book there is a page headed "Your New Birth Day" where you are supposed to sign that you have accepted Jesus as your Savior. I am a religious person, but I find this type of book unacceptable and inappropriate..especially for the preschool age group suggested. I have returned the book.

This is a wonderful approach to the fairy tale stories. I've read several of Mrs. Capps-Burgess books and all of them are excellent! They make extra special gifts for the young reader.

Mrs. Capps-Burgess, the daughter of famed Arkansan Bible Teacher and farmer Charles Capps, does an extrodinary job of transplacing the traditional Fairy tales into Faith tales. A former reviewer has sent back her copy and declared that she, the reader, is religious. Herein lies the reason she misunderstands Mrs. Burgess. Mrs. Burgess is not religious, but rather maintains a relationship with Jesus Christ. It would be a mystery as to why Mrs. Burgess has written this new "twist" were it not for a fact that millions have stepped aside from religion and moved ahead toward this relationship building class for their children with Jesus Christ. In my opinion, only those parents who have strong Bible-believing faith, would approve of the works of Beverly Capps Burgess. Those who claim to be religious should probably continue to hold to traditional fairy tales.