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KATE AND THE BEANSTALK (INTERMEDIATE).(Brief Article)(Review)

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From: Instructor (1990)
Date: 20010901
Author:FREEMAN, JUDY

By Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Giselle Potter. Atheneum, 2000; 40 pages; $16 (K-5).

Inspired by Andrew Lang's version of "Jack and the Beanstalk," published in 1890, Mary Pope Osborne has reworked the familiar tale to give us a female protagonist, the plucky Kate. Climbing up the beanstalk, she meets an old woman who tells her the unexpected story of a fine castle, a noble knight, and a monstrous giant. You'll have such fun saying the adjusted refrain: "FEE, FL, FO, FUM'UN, I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHWOMAN."

ACTIVITY: After reading this story, plant bean seeds ...

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