Daft Jack And The Beanstalk

In this version of the traditional tale, Jack climbs a stack of baked bean tins and encounters a giant, an event that makes his and his mother's fortune in an unexpected way.

In this version of the traditional tale, Jack climbs a stack of baked bean tins and encounters a giant, an event that makes his and his mother's fortune in an unexpected way.

A version of the classic Pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk that has been retold with a modern twist that will delight all ages and cheer up the dark cold winter nights.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune. Includes historical notes on versions of this tale, other heroic stories, and alternate "ascension" tales.

Jack and his mother are barely scraping by when a mysterious stranger gives them three magic beans. The resulting adventure takes Jack to a giant’s castle in the sky, where he encounters magical and sometimes terrifying things. Will Jack ever make it back to his mother? And will the magic beans change his fortunes, as the old man promised?

When Jack's magical beans grow into the clouds, he discovers a giant, magical land. Your young readers will too, with this Short Tales adaptation. Green level for your beginning reader.

OF COURSE you think I was the bad guy, terrifying poor little Jack. You don't know the other side of the story. Well, let me tell you...

Retells in verse the old tale of the boy who climbed a beanstalk, killed a giant, and won a fortune.