On cover: 48 choices, 25 endings
Summary: In this adventure a giant has to figure out what to do with an annoying human boy named Jack who climbed up a beanstalk: send him back, put him to work, or eat him - and the choice is up to the reader
Jack and the beanstalk
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Showing posts with label Folklore - English - Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Folklore - English - Fiction. Show all posts
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Friday, 26 September 2014
Jack and the Jelly Bean Stalk
Jack sells the family's cow for twenty gold coins but buys magic jelly beans with the money. His mother throws the beans outside, and they grow into an enormous stalk. When Jack meets a Giant who wants him for a snack, Jack finds a clever solution to his GIANT problem!
A twist on the fairy tale: Jack and beanstalk, based on the tale by Joseph Jacobs
Summary: When Jack sells his cow for jelly beans, his mum is furious! But these are magic beans and soon Jack is on a big adventure in the clouds
Jack and the beanstalk
Thursday, 11 July 2013
The Three Bears (sort of)
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustratorBased on a traditional English folk tale collected by Robert Southey
Summary: An adult is trying to tell a child the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears - but they keep on being interrupted. (Publisher)
Goldilocks and the three bears
(New Zealand Post Book Awards finalist - 2014)
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
The Three Little Pigs
On title page: 2 in 1! Story + playSummary: Mother Pig is fed up with her lazy, disrespectful TV addictive piglets. She gives away the TV, packs their bags and reminds them to take their man-banks on their way out. The wolf, a land agent, sells each pig materials to build a home and comes back for an after-sales service call. Includes a play for five participants at the end of the book
Loosely based on the tale collected by Joseph Jacobs
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Three little pigs
Friday, 10 May 2013
Jack and the baked beanstalk
1st Australian edSummary: Jack and his mum run a little burger van cafe. The cafe is close to broke because of the new flyover so when Jack comes home with only an old can of baked beans in return for their last few pennies, his mother throws it out of the window. Overnight it grows into a gigantic baked beanstalk, which takes Jack to the castle of a giant who spends his life counting his huge fortune. Jack helps the giant to find something more fun to do - namely becoming the famous chef at Jack's new cafe. Based on the folktale
Jack and the beanstalk
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