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Read It Yourself With Ladybird : level 3 : Jack and the Beanstalk
Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Ladybird Books Staff
ISBN: 9781844229307
Pages: 27
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"Jack and the Beanstalk" is a British fairy tale. The earliest known appearance in print is Benjamin Tabart's moralised version of 1807.[1] "Felix Summerly" (Henry Cole) popularised it in The Home Treasury (1842),[2] and Joseph Jacobs rewrote it in English Fairy Tales (1890).[3] Jacobs' version is most commonly reprinted today and it is believed to be closer to the oral versions than Tabart's because it lacks the moralising