Jim And The Beanstalk

Jim woke up early one morning to find a plant that was very like a beanstalk growing outside his window. Climbing to the top of the beanstalk, he found a castle and a giant, but with very modern problems that only Jim could help solve. A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year. This book features a re-telling of the classic children's story by the author and illustrator of the best-selling Snowman .

Jim finds a beanstalk growing outside his window one morning, and follows his famous predecessor up to the top... Review: It's that beanstalk again, sighs the giant, sharing his breakfast of beef and beer with just-arrived Jim: he's no match for his father who fee-fi-fo-fumed at Jack, and no more than a relic of his former self.

He can't read. . . Jim prescribes glasses; can't chew? false teeth; bald? a wig. And when he's a new man - 'You'd better go now and chop that beanstalk down before I crunch you up.' This is the sort of revival that will delight some people and repel others - except for the spectacle of Jim carrying the giant glasses, false teeth and wig through the streets it's no great shakes either way. (Kirkus Reviews)