In this hair-raising spoof of Jack and the Beanstalk, Gary Barwin tells the story of a nosey nose that knows to follow his nose. On the way to market, the nose trades a pair of glasses for a magic... This description may be from another edition of this product.
If you want to get young boys to read sometimes it takes hilarious books like this one! Extremely clever and great illustrations make this a winner. Ranks up there with The Boy Who Ate Around, Parts, and Math Curse. Jack's character is a nose and the beanstalk is played my the magic mustache. Super creative. Great to encourage imaginative stories. A+
Old Story With A New Twist
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This book is hilarious. It takes the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk and twists it around. The play on words throughout the book are easy enough for kids to understand and funny enough to have even adults chuckling. The illustrations are great too. Definite two thumbs up.
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