Johnny-cake

by Joseph Jacobs, William Stobbs (Illustrator)

A Johnny-cake escapes the oven and outruns man and beast but meets his match in the wily fox.

Genres: Picture Books

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

Joseph Jacobs was an Australian folklorist, literary critic, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English Folklore. His work went on to popularize some of the worlds best known versions of English fairy tales including "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Goldilocks and the three bears", "The Three Little Pigs", "Jack the Giant Killer" and "The History of Tom Thumb". He published his English fairy tale collections: English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales which made him one of the most popular writers of fairytales for the English language. Jacobs was also an editor for journals and books on the subject of folklore which included editing the Fables of Bidpai and the Fables of Aesop, as well as articles on the migration of Jewish folklore. He also edited editions of "The Thousand and One Nights". He went on to join The Folklore Society in England and became an editor of the society journal Folklore. Joseph Jacobs also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

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Reviews

[Maram]

قصة ظريفة لطيفة خفيفة، تشبه كثيرًا قصة أطفال شعبية روسية أحبها - "كولوبوك"، نفس الفكرة والنهاية متشابهة مع مكر ودهاء الثعلب😆

[Yassmeen Altaif]

قصة جميلة وتصلح للأطفال وفي النهاية تقول لا تطمع في ما لدى غيرك وتنسى هدفك.

وهل الكيكة هي أهدافنا وأحلامنا في هذه الحياة.

[Hanadi Al nooh]

هي فعلاً قصة قصيرة وبسيطة وتصلح للأطفال لتعليمهم الحذر

الحذر من الاقتراب كثيراً من الناس وحتى الاقتراب من الحيوانات وليس التباهي بالقوة والسرعة وإنما بالحذر والابتعاد عن الآخرين
قليلاً

[Suad Alhalwachi]

قصص وعِبر! ولا يستطيع اي احد ان يغلب الثعلب والذي يستطيع ان يفعل ما يشاء!

"ركضت وسبقت شيخا هرما وامرأة عجوزا وصبيا صغيرا، وحفارين للآبار، وحفارين للخنادق، ودبا، وذئبا واستطيع ان أسبقك انت ايضا!"
ولكن الذئب أكلها

[Vaishali]

So cute! And yes, the fox again outwits them all.

I remember a version of this from my childhood, but didn't realize this was British in origin... especially since johnnycakes are supposedly a Native American traditional food/settler concoction.

[Ali Alkhuzai]

كأنها من قصص جدتي رحمها الله في ذلك الزمن كان ياماكان كيكة تهرب من الفرن بعض النضج وتنسابق مع الكل وتغلبهم ومن يستطيع اصطيادها غير صاحب الحيلة والمكر والدهاء.
يستفاد منها الانتباه قبل الوقوع في حيلة الحيال، والشغلة الثانية أن نغلق باب البيت لكي لا نفقد حوائجنا ونظل نجري خلفها،ثالثا وأخيرا ليس كل أمر يجعل الجاهل حارس عليه.

[Dianna]

This is the British version with pictures by Emma Brock. I love her illustrations. This is similar to The Runaway Pancake

[Fatima Salman]

الثعلب لم يكن الأسرع، لكنه فهم اللعبة.

[Catwall]

Children's literature, picture book - © 1933 2nd grade reading level, k-3 interest level; original text with black and white illustrations.
Very much the same story as "The Gingerbread Boy"