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Rejacketed paperback edition New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator Originally published in 2009 Summary: A humorous New Zealand retelling of Jack and the beanstalk. Times are tough, and when Mum sends Trev off to the market to sell his bike, she is disgusted when he comes home with a handful of seeds and chucks them out the window. Next morning, Trev is amazed to see a giant kauri tree has grown up beside the house ... and at the top of the tree he finds a taniwha's lair... A story in rhyme Jack and the beanstalk