Pope Osborne, M. (2000). Kate and the Beanstalk. Illustrated by Giselle Potter. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Brief Annotation: A slight twist to the folk tale Jack and the Beanstalk. Kate trades the cow for magic beans and her mother tosses them out the window. Kate climbs the beanstalk and becomes the giant cook’s helper to steal the hen, gold coins, and the harp. The Giant follows Kate as she steals the harp, so they chop down the beanstalk sending the Giant to his death. A fairy gives Kate and her mother back their castle and Kate becomes a princess once again.
Genre: Folklore
Grade Level: Grade Pre-K to Grade 4
Readers who will like this: This would be an interesting story for a girl to read as oppose to the male version of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Response/Rating (1-4): I would rate this book a 3. The illustrations were not too impressive and it definitely mimicked the Jack and the Beanstalk tale very closely. It would also be a good read to pair up with Jack and the Beanstalk as a way to depict the same story using a different gender for every student in the class.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Who can remember what happens in the folktale Jack and the Beanstalk?
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