I read Jack and the beanstalk by Richard Walker and illustrated by Niamh Sharkey. It is a picture fiction story of a boy who is sent by his mother to sell their cow for money to buy food. He goes to the market and meets a man who offers him magic beans, as he loves magic he takes them for daisy his cow. He gets home and shows his mother the beans and she throws them out the window. Overnight the beans sprout up to the clouds, jack climbs it to see where it goes. He arrives at a castle in the clouds, he goes inside and meets a little lady who tells him to hide behind a bag of gold before he gets seen. The giant comes down and orders the little lady to get him his golden goose and music from his golden harp. Jack crept out while the giant was sleeping, he took a bag of gold and left it by the top of the beanstalk. He grabbed rope from his house and climbed back up to get the gold. The little lady, golden goose and magic harp were all waiting for his return to take him with him. He climbs down the beanstalk and as the giant tries to follow him he uses the rope to fling him in to the universe and he is never to be seen again.
This text is written from a third person perspective, it is simple for primary school students to follow. The story should explain that you should not be greedy as it can get you into danger, but it is not the best picture fiction for children to learning from as Jack gets everything that he wants by stealing. It is a light hearted read for junior primary children to use in silent reading time.
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Heather
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