In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune.

A retelling of the classic story of the boy who climbs a beanstalk and outwits a giant.

Jack is not fond of the bossy narrator of his fairy tale! When Jack is told to trade his beloved cow Bessie for some magic beans, throw the beans out the window, climb the ENORMOUS beanstalk that sprouts overnight, and steal from a GIANT, he decides this fairy tale is getting out of control. In fact, he doesn't want to follow the story line at all. Who says Jack needs to enter a life of daring, thievery, and giant trickery? He takes his story into...

In this modern version of Jack and the beanstalk, Jack trades his bike for some magic beans, and climbs the beanstalk to the apartment of Mr. Briareus, a large man with a magic chicken and a singing harp.

When Wishbone returns to find the ball he accidentally left in Joe's third grade classroom and must face a big, scary custodian, he imagines himself as Jack, the boy who met a real giant.