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Kate and the beanstalk

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 her and her mother's fortune.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Osborne, Mary Pope
Other Authors:	Potter, Giselle (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Jack and the beanstalk.
Subjects:	Folklore > England > Juvenile nonfiction. Giants > Folklore.
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Summary:	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 her and her mother's fortune.
Item Description:	"An Anne Schwartz book."
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
ISBN:	0689825501 9781416908180 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	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 Mary Morland in the Time of Dinosaur Discovery by Jane Kurtz, 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 , The Year I Didn't Go to School , and Simona and Her Forest Family . She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.