Kate and the Beanstalk

Informationen zum Autor Mary Pope Osborne is the award-winning author of many distinguished books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Magic Treehouse series; Favorite Medieval Tales, illustrated by Troy Howell; American Tall Tales, illustrated by Michael McCurdy; Rocking Horse Christmas, illustrated by Ned Bittinger; and A daline Falling Star. The former president of the Author's Guild, she lives in New York City with her husband, Will. Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Once Upon a Fairy Tale House by Mary Lyn Ray, Try It! by Mara Rockliff, All by Himself? by Elana K. Arnold, and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as her own Tell Me What to Dream About , This Is My Dollhouse , and The Year I Didn't Go to School , about traveling through Italy with her parents' puppet troupe when she was eight. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com. Klappentext In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make a fortune for herself and her mother. Full-color illustrations. Zusammenfassung Mary Pope Osborne and Giselle Potter’s funny! magical retelling of a favorite fairy tale featuring Kate! a new and inspiring heroine. Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum’un! I smell the blood of an Englishwoman. Be she alive or be she dead! I'll grind her bones to make my bread. Readers will cheer on the resourceful! gutsy Kate as she outsmarts the famously greedy giant.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Pope Osborne, Mary Pope/ Potter Osborne, Osborne Mary Pope
• Assisted by: Giselle Potter (Illustration), Potter Giselle (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2005
• EAN: 9781416908180
• ISBN: 978-1-4169-0818-0
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 305 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Anne Schwartz Books; Anne Schwartz Books
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories