A fun, slightly spooky twist on the classic tale of a small child outwitting a villain, but the updates are not worth replacing the original edition, except where there is a demand for materials in Chinese.
K-Gr 4—Part "Jack and the Beanstalk" and part "Robin Hood," Compestine's satisfying tale of a poor family's good fortune is actually a retelling of a Danish tale, "The Talking Pot...