
Jack and the Baked Beanstalk
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""Fee-fi-fo-fummy, I'm always counting money!""
Jack and his mom run a little cafe, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. 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 the window. Overnight it grows into a gigantic baked beanstalk, which takes Jack to the castle of a giant who spends all his time counting his huge fortune. Jack helps the giant to find something more fun to do, and saves the cafe in the process!
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Jack and his mom run a little cafe, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. 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 the window. Overnight it grows into a gigantic baked beanstalk, which takes Jack to the castle of a giant who spends all his time counting his huge fortune. Jack helps the giant to find something more fun to do, and saves the cafe in the process!
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Product details
- 6-8
- Hardback | 40 pages
- 295 x 249 x 18mm | 499g
- 10 Jul 2012
- Templar Books
- English
- 0763655635
- 9780763655631
- 553,746
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Illustrator Stimpson's authorial debut gives Jack and the Beanstalk a needed overhaul, infusing the story with humor, warmth, and an evocative Depression-era setting... A lovely if ambitious bedtime readaloud whose cinematic artwork enthralls.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Stimpson's authorial debut is a remaking of the timeless fairy tale that includes both a wonderfully fleshed-out city circa the 1930s and an ending that is happy for everyone.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Stimpson's authorial debut is a remaking of the timeless fairy tale that includes both a wonderfully fleshed-out city circa the 1930s and an ending that is happy for everyone.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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About Colin Stimpson
Colin Stimpson studied illustration at Kingston School of Art. He has worked for many years as an Art Director and Production Designer for Walt Disney Feature Animation and Steven Spielberg, among others. He also illustrated "The Poison Diaries" by the Duchess of Northumberland. This is his debut as both author and illustrator. Colin Stimpson lives in Surrey, England.
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