Jack and the Beanstalk

Great book with very nice illustrations. The old tale is brought to life with the giant shouting fee fie fo fum. The woman is funny looking but not too scary. My 5 and 3 year old grandchildren love it!

The illustrations are very scarily drawn which appealed to the five year old boy I bought it for. The scarier the illustrations and the story, the more he likes it. The giant was one of the ugliest giants I have seen in a Jack and the Beanstalk book. His wife was a horror as well. If your child likes his stories to be ugly and frightening, this is the version for you.

I bought this for my cousins for Christmas because it was one of my favorite books when I was little. I loved the artistic pictures in it but did think it may be a little to graphic for my younger cousins so gave it to my older cousin. It was beautiful but is a paperback and due to the quality of the artwork almost wished it was a hardback.

Book was in our hands almost overnight and packaging let it arrive in perfect condition. 5 stars!

Overall I enjoyed the book - the illustrations in particular are amazing (and yes, possibly scary for the under 5 crowd). My only complaint is perhaps what other readers may view as a positive - that the text tries to capture the "Old world" language flare. At times, I found the wording to be unintentionally tongue twisting... not just the choice of words but the rhythm to the sentences - all made it a little rough for this reader the first time through. As examples, try reading aloud:"What!" said Jack's mother."Have you been such a dolt, such an idiot as to give away my Milky-white, the best milker in the parish, for a set of paltry beans? Off with you to bed! And as for your precious beans, here they go out the window."So Jack went upstairs to his little room in the attic, and sad and sorry he was to be sure, as much for his mother's sake as for the loss of his supper.....My only other criticism of the book is that only once does the Ogre give the full recitation of"Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, I smell the blood of an Enlishman.Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread."Most of the time he only says Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, or perhaps the rest of the first line. I've read another version that repeats the full verse at least thrice, and by the third reading, all the children are gleefully reciting along with you. So when I read this particular version to my children, I just ad lib that part and read the full verse each time, which the children seem to enjoy.Overall, I'd say the illustrations make the book. Otherwise, the version is a bit too awkwardly worded for me, but others may enjoy that style.

This is kind of an intense kid's story. Haha. My mom read it to me as a kid and I purchased it to read to my kids not remembering exactly how it went. My son seems to really enjoy it but he's got a pretty big imagination and likes monsters and such.

My students enjoyed this version of the story.

Beautiful drawings!

Enjoyed the book

I bought the book for my grandson to read. it is bigger than I expected.but in good condition.

Its lovely book. Just the pictures could be a bit scary for small kids.

My daughter loves it! I thought the pictures might scare her but she never mentioned it! I wish it said giant instead of troll.

a classic