title: The Tale of Jack Frost
author:  David Melling 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 3--Somewhere there is a magical forest, filled with enchanted creatures, that is closed to the surrounding world, especially the nasty goblins who smell like boiled cabbage. Somehow, a strange little boy, Jack Frost, has penetrated the forest, leaving the way open, and has been discovered sleeping in his pajama bottoms in the snow. Jack can turn anything to ice, and his cleverness helps him outsmart the goblins. Although there are many engaging elements to the plot, young readers may be left with questions; for example: why does Jack develop wings? Where did he come from? What is he? Melling's illustrations are creative and funny, showing critters with hairy knees and large-nosed goblins, and creatures that sleep on their backs with their legs straight up. The visual sequence in which Jack tricks the not-too-smart goblins has many humorous touches that children will spot and enjoy, but the story itself leaves too many details unexplained.<i>--Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  CHAPTER 1
  
  Long ago, Jack Frost grew accustomed to people ignoring him. His entire
  immortal life taught him that the love he experienced in the family he had
  with his mother, stepfather, and younger sister was never going to be
  repeated. With the exception of Boreas, no one in his immortal family cared
  for him. Even with the old man, Jack knew that care probably only held because
  he was his powerful heir. When it came to the rest of his family along with
  Winter’s Kingdom, Jack was known only as the bastard offspring of a great
  king. While he was the talk of the city for decades after Boreas accepted him
  into his home, Jack found living as a royal was not all it was cracked up to
  be. His brothers despised him. His stepmother wished him dead. His air-headed
  sister was oblivious to any family discord around her. Jack went through a
  vast majority of family dinners and gatherings being utterly ignored. No one
  truly cared for what he thought, and they cared even 