Jack and the Beanstalk

Matt Faulkner First published 1986

About this book

Joaquin and his mother live in poverty. They can barely eat every day. But some enchanted beans make their destiny change. A bean plant that reaches the sky, a hungry giant and his wife and... gold and more gold! All this is what awaits them in this traditional tale of children's literature.

Subjects

  • children: grades 1-2
  • children's literature
  • fairy tales
  • traditional tales