Waynetta and the Cornstalk: A Texas Fairy Tale - Softcover

Ketteman, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807586889 ISBN 13: 9780807586884

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2012

Synopsis

Times sure are tough on the ranch, and Waynetta and her ma can use all the luck they can get. But when Waynetta trades their last longhorn for a handful of so-called magic corn, Ma is non too pleased. A fast-paced Texas retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk featuring a girl hero.

About this title

From the Author:

I have always loved the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.  But when I was a little girl, it seemed to me that all the heroes in stories were boys - they always saved the day.  Girls in fairy tales usually had to be rescued by the handsome prince, and as a fearless, brave little girl, I didn't see why GIRLS couldn't save the day, so when I rewrote Jack and the Beanstalk, I made Jack a spunky little girl named Waynetta.  Language in a story is very important to me, and I think the language is really fun in this retelling, almost as spunky as the little heroine herself.

From the Inside Flap:

Times sure are tough on the ranch, and Waynetta and her ma can use all the luck they can get. But when Waynetta trades their last longhorn for a handful of so-called magic corn, Ma is none too pleased.

About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0807586889
• ISBN 13: 9780807586884
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Greenseid Diane