Snow White is a vampire, Little Red Riding Hood is a zombie, and Cinderella is an arsonist--and that is only some of the mayhem the reader will find in this collection of fractured fairy tales.

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

"Jack and Cinderella climb the beanstalk and find a giant fairy godmother. Can she help them get to the prince's ball?"--

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

After being driven off the tracks and wrecking, a dazed Thomas takes a trip up a beanstalk where he faces a fearsome giant.

Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday, or flunk out of fairy tale school, just like his father before him. To succeed, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of beans that overnight, magically grow into a gigantic beanstalk reaching high into the sky. Desperate to be a hero, Jack climbs up the enchanted beanstalk into a magical and dangerous world, and with the help of some friends he learns the true meaning of heroism on his...

After their caf ̌fails, Jack takes his mother's last few pennies and exchanges them for a can of magic baked beans that then lead Jack on a journey to a giant who is bored with counting his fortune.

When EllRay's best friend starts hanging out with skateboarders, EllRay tries to learn how to skateboard to win him back.

When Jack is sent to market to sell his family's cow, he makes a trade for some magical beans, much to his mother's chagrin. To Jack's surprise, the beans grow into a giant beanstalk. Jack climbs all the way up and encounters a frightening giant. But when the giant is fast asleep, Jack climbs up and steals his treasures.

After climbing up a magic beanstalk, Juanita encounters a giant and shares her beans with him. Después de la subida sobre una magia beanstalk, Juanita encuentra a un gigante y comparte sus frijoles con él.