Jack and the Beanstalk (Wishbone-The Early Year) [Paperback]

Brad Strickland (Author), Thomas Fuller (Author), Rick Duffield (Creator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Wishbone-The Early Year

When Wishbone returns to find the ball he accidentally left in Joe's third grade classroom and must face a big, scary custodian, he imagines himself as Jack, the boy who met a real giant.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 2-4-Wishbone, a "well read" Jack Russell terrier, reminisces about his puppyhood and his first literary adventures with fairy tales. This inaugural book in the series is set four years before the original TV and book series, when the dog's owner and best friend Joe is in third grade. Taken to school for show-and-tell, the excited pup accidentally leaves his favorite chew toy in the classroom. As in all of Wishbone's adventures, this contemporary crisis segues into a literary parallel, here a footloose version of poor country boy Jack's quest to retrieve his family's stolen goods from the giant. A talking dog, paltry puns, and a thoroughly didactic pair of stories-one a somewhat fleshed-out fairy tale and the other about a headstrong puppy facing up to a towering school janitor-combine to create a disjointed and not particularly compelling chapter book. Superior versions of "Jack and the Beanstalk" abound.-John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 94 pages
• Publisher: Big Red Chair Books (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570647690
• ISBN-13: 978-1570647697
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,269,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My second grade son's favorite book, April 1, 2000

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This review is from: Jack and the Beanstalk (Wishbone-The Early Year) (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book for parents who think their kids are ready to try reading on their own. My son rates this book above the Magic Tree House series and surprisingly above the Pokemon books by Tracey West. I wish they would get on the ball and put out more Wishbone The Early Years books.