Adventures from the Book of Virtues – Episode 35: "Zach and the Bean Stalk" is a fun and educational animated story from the classic PBS series Adventures from the Book of Virtues, produced by PorchLight Entertainment.
In this special episode, the familiar fairy tale is reimagined with Zach at the center of the adventure. Zach finds himself involved in a magical situation where a mysterious bean grows into a gigantic beanstalk leading high into the sky. As he climbs upward, Zach discovers that success and rewards can come with danger, responsibility, and important choices.
Guided by the wise lion Plato, this episode teaches children about courage, honesty, responsibility, and thinking before acting. The story also shows how greed and careless decisions can lead to serious consequences, while bravery and wisdom help overcome challenges.
Key Lessons in This Episode
Responsibility and smart decision-making
Courage during difficult situations
Honesty and doing what is right
Consequences of greed and selfishness
Learning from mistakes
Series Information
Series: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Episode: 35
Story Title: Zach and the Bean Stalk
Main Characters: Zach, Plato the Lion, Annie, Yonder
Production Company: PorchLight Entertainment
Original Network: PBS
Genre: Educational, Moral Stories, Family, Animated
Language: English
Total Episodes (Series): 39
This episode is perfect for kids, families, and classrooms, combining a classic fairy tale with meaningful life lessons through timeless animation.
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In this special episode, the familiar fairy tale is reimagined with Zach at the center of the adventure. Zach finds himself involved in a magical situation where a mysterious bean grows into a gigantic beanstalk leading high into the sky. As he climbs upward, Zach discovers that success and rewards can come with danger, responsibility, and important choices.
Guided by the wise lion Plato, this episode teaches children about courage, honesty, responsibility, and thinking before acting. The story also shows how greed and careless decisions can lead to serious consequences, while bravery and wisdom help overcome challenges.
Key Lessons in This Episode
Responsibility and smart decision-making
Courage during difficult situations
Honesty and doing what is right
Consequences of greed and selfishness
Learning from mistakes
Series Information
Series: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Episode: 35
Story Title: Zach and the Bean Stalk
Main Characters: Zach, Plato the Lion, Annie, Yonder
Production Company: PorchLight Entertainment
Original Network: PBS
Genre: Educational, Moral Stories, Family, Animated
Language: English
Total Episodes (Series): 39
This episode is perfect for kids, families, and classrooms, combining a classic fairy tale with meaningful life lessons through timeless animation.
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00:00Tell me a story, read me a poem,
00:17Raffin' in melody, sing me the song,
00:22Then let me hold it deep in my heart,
00:26Where it can speak to me all the day long,
00:31The adventure of virtue, the adventure of truth,
00:38The thrill of the knowing that it's up to you,
00:43Building a new day shining in the sun,
00:47This is my story, the adventure had begun,
00:54Okay, protein bars, bottled water, we're all set.
01:12Zach, I'm running late this morning, I've got to get to the store right away,
01:16I need you to do a favor for me, buddy.
01:19But, Dad, we're going hiking.
01:21Well, you can still go hiking.
01:23Just do this for me first.
01:25Drop off this film at the lab on Magnolia Street.
01:28It's for a very important client.
01:30I'd do it myself, but the lab closes at 5 tonight,
01:34and I'll be at the store until 6.
01:36The lab on Magnolia before 5.
01:38Got it.
01:39Thanks, buddy.
01:41Zach, where are you going?
01:43Magnolia Street is this way.
01:45Yeah, and Mountain View Park is this way.
01:48We'll go for our hike and then drop off the film.
01:50Are you sure, Zach?
01:52Your dad said that film was pretty important.
01:54Yeah, and he also said that the lab is open until 5.
01:57We've got all day.
01:58Nothing to worry about.
02:08This trail is way too easy for the best hiker in Spring Valley.
02:12And who would that be?
02:14Who else?
02:16Yours truly.
02:16Show me any trail, show me any hill.
02:19And I can climb to the top faster than anyone else in Spring Valley.
02:27Sorry, Queen of the Hill.
02:31Whoa.
02:32Look at that trail.
02:35Now that's a challenge.
02:37And that's hardly even a trail, and it looks kind of dangerous.
02:42You're not scared, are you?
02:44Because I can do this trail alone if you're too chicken to go with me.
02:48Let's go.
02:49You still think this was such a great idea?
02:59No trails too hard for Zach Nichols.
03:03Oh, and Annie?
03:11Oh, Annie?
03:16Oh, Annie?
03:16Oh, really high up.
03:18I know.
03:19Let's get moving.
03:20Zach, go on.
03:22I can't.
03:24It's too far to jump.
03:26We've got to go back, then.
03:29Zack, that bush is blocking our way back.
03:31We have to go forward.
03:33I told you, Henny, I can't.
03:36Well, Zack, if we don't go forward, backwards, or up,
03:39how are we going to get off this rock?
03:41Well, we'll figure something out.
03:44Let's just rest for a while.
03:47That's fine.
03:48Can I have some water?
03:49Sure, I've got something right here.
03:52Oh, no!
03:53Oh, my dad's film!
03:56We've got to get out of here so I can get it to the lab by five!
04:00Uh-oh!
04:04Annie, maybe I'm not the best climber in Spring Valley.
04:08Maybe I'm just...
04:10Well, uh, I'm kind of scared.
04:13Don't worry.
04:14I can signal for help.
04:15Sock, I told you.
04:24I don't want to play your silly game.
04:26I'm reading.
04:28Oh, come on and play, Ari.
04:30Oh, buddy of mine.
04:32Are Bobcats hard of hearing?
04:33I said...
04:35Please.
04:36Oh, pretty, pretty, please.
04:38Oh, all right.
04:44Ahem.
04:45Let's see now.
04:47I spy something...
04:50pink.
04:51Remember, I spy something pink.
04:54Yeah, yeah, I heard you, pink.
04:55Oh, yeah, pink.
04:57Let's see, uh...
04:59Hmm.
04:59Is it, uh...
05:01Annie trapped on a ledge with Zack?
05:03Oh, no!
05:04Annie and Zack are trapped on a ledge!
05:07Oh, no!
05:09Annie and Zack are trapped on a ledge!
05:10Oh, no!
05:11Oh, no!
05:17Sock, Sock, calm down.
05:19We'll just go over there and show them the way back to the trail.
05:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:25You're right.
05:26No big whoopee.
05:27You know, no need to panic or anything.
05:29You're doomed!
05:30I tell you...
05:31Oh, you're doomed!
05:34Uh, but Annie...
05:36What if we fall?
05:37Those rocks could be loose.
05:39I don't think we should climb up there.
05:41You're probably right, Zack.
05:43Just stay calm.
05:44All we need is a rope.
05:46Awesome.
05:47I've got an idea.
05:49All we need is a rope.
05:51Hey, I've got a rope back at the cave.
05:55Perfect.
05:55Go back and get it.
05:57I'll stay here and keep the kids company.
05:59Oh, yes, sir!
06:01Socrates to the rescue!
06:03Yeah!
06:04Thanks, Ari.
06:06Zack is pretty freaked out.
06:07I am not freaked out.
06:10I'm just, uh, not sure which way is the best way down.
06:14Or up.
06:15I bet you were bragging about how brave you were taking this tough trail.
06:19Huh, no, I wasn't.
06:22Uh, well, maybe a little.
06:25You know, Zack, bragging that you're brave doesn't mean that you are brave.
06:29It only means that you know how to brag.
06:32Well, I wasn't bragging... that much.
06:35Of course not.
06:36Hey, you know, this reminds me of a story of another kid who let his own bravado get him into trouble,
06:43and he needed to show some real courage to fix things.
06:47This is hardly the time for a story, Aristotle.
06:49I beg to differ, Zack, because this is the story of a boy who had to face his fears to make up for his mistakes.
06:59For the last time, I didn't make any mistakes.
07:03Well, Zack, you did get us on this trail, and you did decide to go for a hike before dropping off your dad's film.
07:11Okay, okay. We'll hear a story.
07:14Excellent. There's nothing like a captive audience.
07:18So, sit back and listen to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
07:25Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
07:27Change that. Let's make this Zack and the Beanstalk.
07:33Hey, cool, you put me in the story.
07:36But, uh, don't you think you could get me some decent clothes?
07:40Sorry, Zack. This is the story of a poor kid who had only rags for clothes,
07:45and just one good friend in the world.
07:48Samuel, you're my one good friend in the world?
07:51No, not the cow. On top of the cow.
07:54Right here.
07:56Oh, hello there.
07:58Samuel J. Field Mouse at your service.
08:01Now, let's get a move on, chum.
08:04A move on? Where are we going?
08:06Your mom wants us to get Bertha to the market, to sell her.
08:09You guys need money to eat.
08:11Very important transaction here.
08:14If it's such an important transaction,
08:16why doesn't my mother take the cow to the market herself?
08:19Because you're Zack,
08:21and you're the best cow seller in all of Spring Valley.
08:24Well, or at least that's what you told your mother.
08:27If mom needs me to sell Bertha,
08:29then let's get to town.
08:30Uh, Zack, follow Bertha.
08:41That's the way into town.
08:45Trust me, Samuel.
08:47This is a really cool shortcut.
08:49Through the woods?
08:51What's wrong?
08:53You scared?
08:55I don't know about this kid.
08:58Hey, Bertha.
08:59This way, girl.
09:00Zack's got a great new shortcut.
09:12Hmm, I forgot about that tunnel.
09:15Forgot?
09:16How do you forget that there's this totally dark,
09:18totally creepy tunnel?
09:20Those are the kind of details you're supposed to keep track of.
09:23Well, it's been a long time since I took this shortcut.
09:26Well, great shortcut, kid.
09:29We could have been halfway to town on a nice sunny road by now,
09:33but no one...
09:34Would you be quiet for a minute, Samuel?
09:38I'm thinking.
09:41Uh, maybe we'll go back your way.
09:44Now you want to go my way?
09:46You're not afraid, are you, kid?
09:49Afraid?
09:50Hardly.
09:51I just...
09:52I thought...
09:53Well, if there were another way,
09:55a shorter shortcut...
09:57There is.
10:01Who's out there?
10:04There is a way, Zack,
10:07to sell your livestock without going to market.
10:11How did you know my name?
10:13Lucky guess, I suppose.
10:15I have a proposal for you.
10:18Uh, Zack,
10:19this guy's kind of creeping me out.
10:22What do you say we head for town, huh?
10:24Yeah.
10:25Maybe that tunnel's not so scary after all.
10:28Hey!
10:29Take these,
10:30in exchange for your cow.
10:32You and your mother will never go hungry again.
10:35Beans?
10:36Oh, yeah, Zack.
10:38You'll never be hungry again,
10:40assuming you get real full on a spoonful of old beans.
10:44Take the beans.
10:46Well, I don't know.
10:48My mom wanted me to sell Bertha for money.
10:51These beans are priceless.
10:53Nowhere else in the world will you find these magic beans.
10:56Trust me.
10:58Uh, they're magic?
11:01Magic beans?
11:03Zach, your mother's going to have a field day with this.
11:08You traded Bertha for beans?
11:12We should have been able to live for a year on the money from Bertha.
11:15And you bring home beans?
11:18Mom, they're magic beans.
11:21We'll never go hungry again.
11:23Magic beans.
11:25They're useless.
11:28I'm sorry, Mom.
11:30Boy, oh, boy.
11:34You said you could sell the cow.
11:36You said you could get to town.
11:38You said you could do the job.
11:41And then you realize you got in a little over your head.
11:44You got scared.
11:46I did not get scared.
11:49Hey, that old guy was creepy.
11:52Heck, even I was a little scared.
11:54And you made a mistake.
11:56But you know what, Zach?
11:57You're a smart kid.
11:59And you'll find a way to make things better.
12:02I know you will.
12:04Make things better.
12:07I'd do anything to make things better.
12:10Whoa, hold it, Ark.
12:19Are you saying that the me in this story who didn't sell the cow is like the real me who didn't get the film to the lab yet?
12:26Well, you both said you could do something.
12:29And you both let your bragging and your bravery get the best of you.
12:33What are you talking about?
12:35I am brave.
12:36You started on this trail saying you were brave.
12:40But that's not the same thing as being brave.
12:43Having the courage to finish what you started.
12:46And being brave enough to admit that you made a bad decision.
12:52Okay, okay.
12:53So, uh, what did Zach do when he woke up in the morning and saw the beanstalk?
12:58Yeah, what did he do?
13:00You did what any brave young boy would do.
13:06You climbed.
13:08You climbed higher than ever before.
13:11Past the house.
13:12Until you had a view of the whole town.
13:15You reached the clouds in the sky above.
13:18And you climbed past them.
13:20Whoa, incredible.
13:29Check that out.
13:30Is it just me, or is that castle...
13:34Humongous?
13:36Ah!
13:38Sorry about that.
13:40It must be time for breakfast.
13:42Big castle like that must have big breakfasts.
13:45You think so?
13:46Only one way to find out.
13:51Ow!
13:56Inside that castle, you'll find nothing but danger.
14:01Okay, kid.
14:02Who's this?
14:03You're like some kind of magnet for weird people jumping out of the shadows.
14:08I am your friend.
14:09But be warned that an evil giant lives inside that castle.
14:15So I guess a free breakfast is out of the question?
14:19He has ruled over this kingdom for years.
14:22Stealing our food.
14:24Forcing us to work for him.
14:26And there's nothing you can do about it?
14:28Legend has it that a young boy will come to the castle and destroy the giant.
14:35When this happens, all of the giant's riches will belong to that boy.
14:40And he will never be hungry again.
14:43Never be hungry again?
14:45That sounds familiar.
14:46Uh, Zach?
14:47You reading the writing on the wall here?
14:49The beanstalk?
14:50Kid like you comes to town?
14:52Big castle?
14:52Mean giant?
14:53He's gonna get destroyed by a boy.
14:55And you're a boy!
14:57I know, Samuel.
14:59I'm the giant slayer.
15:00And it's a good thing, too.
15:01Because I'm an excellent giant slayer.
15:04Oh, boy.
15:05Here we go again.
15:07In fact, in all of Spring Valley, I'm the best giant slayer there.
15:13Hello?
15:15Anybody home?
15:16Oh, boy.
15:27Oh, boy.
15:29Wow.
15:33Cheese.
15:35Oh, boy.
15:42Wahoo!
15:47Renberger, my favorite.
15:51Who's that?
15:53Oh, I can't see from here, but it doesn't sound like the giant.
15:57Mmm, I'd say we have ourselves some visitors.
16:00Did you hear something, Zack?
16:02I think it was coming from over here.
16:06Why, it's a boy.
16:09That's right, I'm Zack, and this is my friend, Samuel.
16:13Charmed, I'm sure.
16:15And, uh, who are you?
16:17I'm the singing harp, and this is the hen who lays the golden eggs.
16:21Pleased to meet you, boys.
16:23Uh, what are you doing in that cage?
16:26Think about it, Einstein.
16:28What would I be doing locked in a cage?
16:30I'm a prisoner!
16:32I like her.
16:34Sassy.
16:36The giant keeps us here to work for him, but he holds us against our will.
16:40Can you rescue us?
16:42Zack, the giant!
16:43The giant!
16:53Boy, that is one mean-looking dude.
16:57Oh, bet his breath's not so pretty, either.
17:00Hark, play for me, now!
17:01Ah, that's nice.
17:02Hen!
17:03Lay a golden egg for me!
17:04There you are, you giant-ness!
17:05Too small!
17:06Too small!
17:07Lay another!
17:08Too small?
17:09What am I, Fort Knox?
17:10What am I, Fort Knox?
17:11Okay, Zack, instead of just saying how brave you are this time, you're gonna have to actually be brave.
17:20Samuel, I can see that.
17:21Samuel, I can see that.
17:22I smell the blood of...
17:23Could it be a little boy?
17:26This might be the part of the story where we hightail it out of here!
17:39No way!
17:42I'm gonna be brave, remember?
17:43Oh, oh, that smell!
17:47This might be the part of the story where we hightail it out of here!
17:50No way! I'm gonna be brave, remember?
17:54Oh, oh, that smell! You know, it could be coming from me!
17:57Poof! Pinned up in that cage for months on end!
18:00Oh, you could let me out for a quick bath now and then.
18:03Bath? Maybe tomorrow.
18:07Sleepy now.
18:17Hey, he's falling asleep.
18:24This'll never work.
18:27How is a little guy like me supposed to take on that giant?
18:31Too small.
18:34Oh, no! What did you do that for?
18:37Never underestimate the little guy.
18:39Now get out there and slay that giant. I'll free the prisoners.
18:45There! That oughta slow him down.
18:48Come on! Let's get out of here!
18:56Huh?
18:59Quick, everybody! Run!
19:04It was a boy I smelled!
19:07Hey, I follow some!
19:16To the beanstalk! Hurry!
19:18Nobody plays me!
19:21Die! Hurry!
19:29Mom! Get the axe! Quick!
19:32Timber!
19:43So, uh, what do we do now?
19:45Nothing. Funny thing about giants, they sink like stones.
19:50That night, Zack presented his mother with the harp and the hen who laid the golden eggs and they never went hungry again.
20:00So, in the story, I climbed through my fear to make up for the mistake I made.
20:09Sounds about right.
20:10I really should have brought that film in before we went on our hike.
20:13You didn't know we'd get stuck on this trail?
20:15Huh, this trail. We should have taken the easy one.
20:20I guess I was just saying I was brave and not really being brave.
20:25If Jack could cart in that beanstalk.
20:28You sure you're not afraid to climb up there, Zack?
20:31I've got to get this film to the lab.
20:34I made a promise to my dad.
20:36Once again, Socrates saves the day.
20:40Huh, thanks. You're a real life saver.
20:43That's right. Just put one hand over the other. Easy as pie.
20:47Hey, that was easy.
20:49Hey Annie, it's just three steps and the trail is right here.
20:53Wow!
20:54We were only a few feet from the trail the whole time.
20:57Well, I don't think I would have wanted to climb that wall without the rope.
21:01I mean, I'm sure I could have done it, but you know...
21:04Maybe we should get moving to get that film to the lab?
21:07Heh, good idea.
21:08It's already late. We'd better turn this hike into a run.
21:12Thanks everybody! I owe you one!
21:14Bye, Zack! See you later, Annie!
21:33We made it!
21:39What? Closed?
21:44Guess we didn't make it after all.
21:46Zack, what are you gonna do?
21:48I guess I'll have to find the courage to tell my dad the truth.
21:52Now that's bravery.
21:58But you're okay. You and Annie got off the ledge in one piece.
22:02Yeah.
22:03Well, then there's only one thing to do.
22:05Ground me?
22:06For what? Making a bad decision?
22:09Having the courage to come to me and tell the truth?
22:12No, I'm not going to ground you.
22:15You're not?
22:16But I'm not letting you completely off the hook.
22:19Bill's going to charge me a rush fee for developing that film tomorrow.
22:23And I'm going to pay the late fee?
22:26It'll come out of your allowance.
22:28Every week, until the fee is paid off.
22:31The important thing here is that you and Annie are both okay.
22:35Thanks, Dad. And I'll pay the fee.
22:38But I do have one favor to ask from you.
22:41What's that, son?
22:42Oh, let me bring the film to the lab first thing in the morning.
22:45I'll get up extra early.
22:47To meet some of our characters online and learn more about adventures from the Book of Virtues,
22:59visit our website at pbskids.org.
23:07T
23:12Everything is filled out.
23:15You have to do it.
23:17I want to make that film.
23:18Come come to you.
23:20If you do it, I will.
23:22You can do it.
23:24You have to do it.
23:26You have to do it.
23:27You have to do it.
23:28You have to do it.
23:29You have to do it.
23:30You have to do it.
23:30You
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