The very traditional story with modern illustrations. Nothing to complain about with this straight forward rendition. ( )

Jack and the Beanstalk is a graphic novel about a boy named Jack who is vary poor and lost his father to a man eating giant! Jack lived with his mother and their cow. The cow made milk for the family to got food from it but one day, the cow stopped making milk . So Jack had to go into town to trade his cow. He met a stranger on the way who offered to trade the cow for magic beans. Jack traded and went home. When Jack got home his mother was mad. She threw the beans out the window. The next morning Jack saw a giant beanstalk. He climbed up the bean stalk and saw a castle above the clouds. He knocked on the door and there was a giant lady she gave him food and Jack hid because the giant man came in he fell asleep and Jack stole one of his goods he did that for a lot of days . Finally the giant caught him he ran down the beanstalk and chopped it down when he got to the bottom he tipped it over and the giant fell down. I like this book because it has a lot of action.Its also just a good story because It shows that Jack is brave. ( )

Summary:

This book is about a boy name Jack that sells his family's cow for magic beans, his mother is anything but pleased. Soon, however, the beans sprout into a towering beanstalk. it leads to a castle filled with gold and other treasures. Jack's family will be rich, if he can sneak past the man - eating giant.

Personal Reaction:

My personal reaction to this story is that there is a price to pay for anything that you may want in life,like jack and the beanstalk,he had to sneak past the giant to get to the castle that was filled with gold.

Classroom Extension:

I would teach the class to never give up nomatter what happens and to learn to sacrifice for the better thing in life that they may want. ( )

Summary:
This is a classic fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk but written as a graphic novel. Their family cow stops producing milk so Jack must sell the cow for money but instead sells them for magic beans. His mother is furious and sends him to get their cow back but the beanstalk has grown all the way to the sky. Jack climbs it and sees a castle so he asks for food. There is a giants wife and she agrees to feed him and when the giant falls asleep he steals some gold, a magic chicken, and a magic harp. Jack then cuts the beanstalk down so the giant cant find him and they live happily ever after.
Personal Reaction:
I really liked this version of the fairy tale. It made it very interesting with the pictures and set up like a comic book. I think this would grab the attention of all children.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Use the writing prompts and discussion questions at the end of the book.
2. Ask what the children would do if they had a magical beanstalk and what they would hope to find. ( )

This is the classic fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk in graphic novel form. Jack sells his families cow dor MAGIC beans.This makes his mom mad!!! The beans then go on to sprout into a towering beanstalk. It leads in to a castle filled with gold and other treasures. Jack's family will be rich, if he can sneak past the man-eating giant. This is where the famous, "FEE FIE FOH FUM I smell the blood of an Englishman!" comes in at. This book is comic book size. I thought the graphic visual format of this story was interesting. The illustrations are simple and leave enough space for the readers imagination to take over.