Jack and the Beanstalk

from lpicke2

I liked this book. I liked the illustrations throughout the book of Jack climbing up the beanstalk. It helps give me the perspective of how tall the beanstalk was. I also liked that in the text, when someone shouted or used an exclamation, the words were bigger. It shows that those words are very...

from jessicaedelman

I enjoyed this modern day spin on the classic Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. I liked that the plot was very similar to the fairy tale but was slightly modernized. This made it easier to connect to. I liked how Jack could view the entire city from the top of the beanstalk. I realized how high ...

from CassandraQuigley

This is not one of my favorite stories, but I thought this book took and interesting approach to this old folktale. One of the things that I liked that the author did was that she used modern pictures of a real boy and scenery. The pictures depict a young boy who lives in the city. I also like th...

from CarolinePfrang

"Jack and the Bean Stalk" by Nina Crews is a fun twist on a classic story. In this version a young boy is living in the city when he is given bean plant seeds to plant instead of money for his chores. He eventually plants the seeds and a big stalk sprouts out of his window. After climbing the sta...

from mmontet

This is an urban version of the traditional Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. There are pictures as illustrations which would make this very fun for children. This book would be suitable for preschool aged children and up.