Jack and the Baked Beanstalk

Jack and his mom run a struggling café and are nearly broke. When Jack trades their last pennies for a can of baked beans and his mother throws it out the window, it grows into a gigantic beanstalk overnight. Jack climbs the beanstalk to a giant's castle, where the giant spends all his time counting money. Jack convinces the giant to find a more enjoyable activity, which ultimately helps save their café. In a 1950's-style future, Jack and his mum run a little burger cafe. They are close to broke, so when Jack buys a can of baked beans with their last pennies, his mother throws it out of the window - starting a GIGANTIC baked beanstalk adventure! Colin Stimpson sets his version of Jack and the Beanstalk in a futuristic 1950s America, with skyscrapers surrounding the flyover under which Jack and his mother run a café, and a vintage framing to the illustrations. When the flyover threatens their café, Jack's mother sends him to buy the best coffee beans to attract new customers, but he buys baked beans instead. His mother throws them out, yet after climbing the resulting beanstalk, he finds a giant whose cooking skills save the business. A delightful, comic twist on a traditional tale.