Up the Down Beanstalk: Parodies based on fairytale, Jack and 6

Contributors:LITTLE'S SHOP OF TERRORS3Stoney M. SetzerTHE TRUTH OF THE BEANSTALKRobert MillerGIANT, LLCJim DoranOVER THE WALL, UNDER THE SKYJordan CampbellTHE GARDENRosemarie DiCristo and Pam HalterTHE COW, THE BEANS AND THE PRETENDER PRINCESSMichelle L. LevigneVIRUS BEANS AND GIANT TROLLSKathleen BirdWHEN FACING GIANTSLindsi McIntyreTHE GLOWING BEANJessica A. TannerTHE BEANPOLEMichelle LM HoustonTHE SWORDSMAN AND THE FIREBIRD Caitlin EhaBATTLING GIANTSDeborah Cullins SmithUP THE DOWN BEANSTALK There has to be MORE to the story ...Did you read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and come away with questions?How young was he, to believe the beans were magic?Was he bullied into accepting beans in exchange for the cow?Was he really that gullible? Was he desperate? Or was magic real in his world?Why did he think it was smart to climb that beanstalk? How far did he climb?Why didn't he run when he saw the giants?What was the giants' side of the story? Were they bullies, or were they the victims of burglars and swindlers?What about the golden harp and the goose? On and on, with every answer generating MORE questions.. We invite you into these pages to explore the MORE our authors found. You'll be delighted, enchanted, intrigued, and we hope you'll cheer for our heroes in all their shapes and sizes and motivations. Brilliant inventors and identity theft. Brutal usurpers and imprisoned princes. Mischievous boys and missing eggs. Curmudgeonly neighbors and rivals. Heroic sheriffs and computer programmers. Liars and thieves and desperate girls risking all for their families. And MORE.

Pagina's: 242, Paperback, Ye Olde Dragon Books