Duffy and the Devil retold by Harve Zemach, pictures by Margot Zemach
1974 Caldecott Medal
This is a folk tale in the rumpelstiltskin vein. Duffy makes a deal with the devil--- he'll do her spinning and knitting for her for three years, but at the end of three years, he gets to take her away. . . unless she can guess his name. Since Duffy doesn't in fact know HOW to knit or spin, and has hired herself out to do exactly those things, she ends up entering into the bargain!
I liked the story, it has colorful language, including some fun words that I'd never heard before, but just SOUND like what you supoze they meant. It all ends well, and with a hilarious twist that both my children (ages 10 and 7) had a huge laughing fit over!
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