When Jack swaps his cow for some magic beans, his life changes forever...
A beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite traditional story. Join Jack's adventures to the top of beanstalk and back again!
Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 1 stories are told in under 500 words, for children to read independently.
This book is part of a book series called Must Know Stories-Level 1 .
. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .
Steve Cox has been illustrating for many years and brings wonderful comic touches and superb draughtsmanship to his many books. He has recently collaborated with Nick Denchfield on POP-UP SPOOKY CASTLE (0 333 96133 1). Maggie Moore lives in the Midlands with her family. She was a primary schools teacher for many years and now works as an author, literacy expert and consultant. She has written fiction and nonfiction for children of all ages and abilities.
This book contains the following story:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Fee fie fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread'. Lazy Jack lives with his poor mother in a little shack. They are so poor that one day she sends Jack off to market to sell their cow so they can buy food. On the way to market Jack meets a stranger who persuades him to part with the cow for some magic beans. When Jack returns home with no cow and no money his mother is furious and throws the beans out of the window. The next morning the two awake to find that a huge beanstalk has gronw from the beans. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds a new land at the top complete with a castle and a very grumpy giant. Whilst the giant is asleep Jack steals a hen that lays golden eggs. On a second trip he steals bags of money. On the third trip he tries to steal a golden harp, but the harp calls for its master and the giant wakes up and follows Jack down the beanstalk. As soon as Jack reaches the ground, he sets to work to chop
