Kim Blundell Knihy

Jack thinks he's clever to sell the old cow for five magic beans. But Jack's in trouble--this mother thinks the beans are worthless and throws them out the window where they grow overnight to a giant beanstalk. Jack climbs the beanstalk and encounters a giant with a hen thay lays golden eggs.

When Teddy Brown mysteriously disappears, liquorice-loving sleuth Francis Fry is called in on the case. The fact that Teddy Brown is considered a valuable teddy bear might be considered a little strange, but then Francis Fry is used to unusual assignments.