Jack and the BeanstalkBy: E. Nesbit Illustrator: Matt Tavares "Elegant watercolors echoing the burnished gold tones of the rolling fields show well in storyhours." School Library Journal Jack can't seem to do anything useful for his poor mother. He can't even conduct an errand as simple as selling the cow; instead, he trades the beast for a handful of beans. But then, amazingly, those very beans sprout into a towering stalk, elevating Jack to a strange land ruled by a