Paco and the Giant Chile Plant

The desert Southwest is the unlikely setting for this humorous variation on the classic fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. This bilingual book is presented as embedded text with the story told mostly in English and a sprinkling of Spanish throughout. The book ends with keyword vocabulary page to jumpstart language learning. Dusty desert feel is captured in deep pastel colored illustrations. English only and Spanish only versions coming Fall 2008.