Jack and the Beanstalk: A Folktale

By Nina Töwe

'Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum ' Jack and his mother are so poor they decide to sell their faithful brown cow. But Jack takes only a handful of beans from a stranger in exchange for the animal His mother is furious but little does she know that these beans are magic and soon will grow into an enormous beanstalk reaching as far as the eye can see. And at the very top lives a terrifying Giant who Jack must outwit to survive. Nina T we's illustrations are inspired by the sixteenth-century paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, best-known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruit, flowers, vegetables and fish.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888341367
• ISBN13: 9789888341368
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Minedition
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 2