By Margaret Willey
Illustrated by Heather Solomon
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001
Genre
Fables
Awards
Review
Though the author admits, after explaining what a contes is, that she strays from the tradition telling of these folktales to cast a young and clever girl as the main character, readers can't help but be amused by the antics of Beatrice. In order to get some money to help her mother keep food on the table, Beatrice ventures far into the woods to a giant known to be rich, hoping that he isn't very smart. She makes bets with him to win his gold and indeed, wins his entire fortune by doing nothing but talk. A humorous story that children will love, Clever Beatrice can be read over and over without losing its charm.
Ideas
This is great for a display about fables from different cultures, as well as for humorous books for children. This would also be a great book to read to a class as they will likely find the giant to be dumb and silly.
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