“Fee- fie- fo- fom
I smell the scent of a sweet lemon citronella flower.”
Take an Adventure with morning glory!
Melissa Venant’s magical retelling of “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Readers will cheer Morning Glory as she outsmarts the greedy giant!
Text copyright c 2004 by Melissa Venant
Illustration copyright c 2004 Melissa Venant
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electron or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.
First published in the United States of America in 2004 by Confetti – Periwinkle & Company, Inc.
Published simultaneously in North Carolina by Venant and Frye; Lake Norman & Boone LR4 – kbmh
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Venant, Melissa
The Adventures of Morning Glory/ Melissa Venant
p. cm.
Summary: In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant sunflower stalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and makes her and her mother’s fortune.
ISBN 0-0419-1920-2
1. Fairy Tales. 2. Folklore- England. 3. Giants- Folklore
MV7. 419Mel 2004
The artist used black-and-white photo-copies, markers, and crayons.
Printed in USA