Jack and the Wonder Beans

James Still. University Press of Kentucky, $16.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8131-1735-5

""Fee, fie, chew tobacco,/ I smell the toes of a tadwhacker,"" snorts the giant in the newly reissued Jack and the Wonder Beans by James Still, with two-color illustrations by Margot Tomes. First published in 1977, this down-home retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk is set in Appalachia. (Univ. Press of Kentucky, $14.95 ISBN 0-8131-1735-6 Mar.)

Featured Children's Reviews

Sara Andrea Fajardo

“Up and down the crooked spine of the Andes... playing an epic game of paka paka con la papa, potato hide-and-seek,” travels agronomist Alberto Salas (b. 1943), questing for Continue reading »

Laura Gao

High school sophomore Kirby Tan is a skilled competitive climber, an activity she picked up from her late thrill-seeking father. When her dynamic move at the Texas Youth Fall Continue reading »

K O'Neill

O’Neill (The Moth Keeper) crafts a pastoral fantasy exploring gender identity and what it means to be one’s true self in this tender graphic novel. Young Rowan, who has dark Continue reading »

Aron Nels Steinke

Jewish sixth grader Mira, portrayed with brown skin, lives with selective mutism, a condition that prevents her from speaking in certain social settings. To cope, Mira channels Continue reading »