The Rumpelstiltskin Problem - Rilegato

Vande Velde, Vivian

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ISBN 10: 0618055231 ISBN 13: 9780618055234

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000

Riassunto

Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man with the long name stepped up and volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller’s daughter? If you stop and think about it, there are some very peculiar and rather hard-to-explain components to the story.
Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and she’s come up with these six alternative versions of the old legend. A bevy of miller’s daughters confront their perilous situation in very different ways sometimes comic, sometimes scary. Most of the time, it’s the daughter who gets off safely, but sometimes, amazingly, Rumpelstiltskin himself wins the day. And in one tale, it is the king who cleverly escapes a quite unexpected fate.

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Recensione:

* "Vande Velde's takes on this fairy tale are always humorous and often heartwarming."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "An effective and amusing collection, with just the right amount of snappy sarcasm to snag the junior-high set."—Kirkus Reviews "These short variations on the story have a sly humor and a contemporary feeling. . . . will appeal most to fairy-tale fans who just can't get enough of the traditional genre."—School Library Journal

L'autore:

Vivian Vande Velde has published several books with Harcourt, including A HIDDEN MAGIC (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman) and TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM AND SISTERS WEIRD. A full-time writer, she has written numerous books of fantasy for young readers and was hailed as "a master of the unexpected" by the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. She lives and works in Rochester, New York, with her husband and daughter.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0618055231
• ISBN 13: 9780618055234
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 116