Author, unknown. (1986). Favorite Nursery Tales and Rhymes: Jack and the Beanstalk. Illustrated by Richard Walz, S.D. Schindler, Jean Chandler, and Ann Schweninger. WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Brief Annotation: Jack goes into town to sell their cow for money, but instead trades the cow for magic beans. His mother is mad and throws the beans out the window. The beans grow overnight into a huge beanstalk for Jack to climb. Jack discovers a castle where the Giant lives and steals his gold coins, golden hen, and singing harp. Eventually, the Giant tries to catch Jack by climbing down the beanstalk, so Jack and his mother chop down the beanstalk, killing the Giant. Jack and his mother are given back their castle and all things which had previously been theirs.
Genre: Folklore
Grade Level: Grade Pre-K to Grade 4
Readers who will like this: A reader that likes to find the good and evil in a story will capture the words of this book. It is a well-known tale, and most likely the child will know parts of the story, especially the “Fee Fi Fo Fum” part.
Response/Rating (1-4): I give this book a 4. It is a classic Golden Book story that has the implications all good folklore needs: fantasy, good and evil characters, and a good moral in the end.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Can you guess who would be the good character in the book? And who do you think the evil character would be?
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