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Jack and the Beanstalk

by Vera Southgate · 1965

Ladybird tales series

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After trading in his only cow for some magic beans, a young boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, outwits the ogre who lives there, and makes a fortune for himself and his mother.

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