The Girl Who Spun Gold
"Stirring...with a rhythm just right for reading aloud...a West Indian version of the universal little-man (Rumpelstiltskin) folktale. Quashiba's mother...boasts that her daughter can spin and weave a whole field of the finest gold thread. Dramatic words and pictures." - Booklist, starred review....
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"Stirring...with a rhythm just right for reading aloud...a West Indian version of the universal little-man (Rumpelstiltskin) folktale. Quashiba's mother...boasts that her daughter can spin and weave a whole field of the finest gold thread. Dramatic words and pictures." - Booklist, starred review. "A charming and visually stunning tale of cunning, greed, and quixotic good fortune." - School Library Journal, starred review
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780590473781 (0590473786)
ASIN: 0590473786
Publish date: 2000-09-01
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
In this West Indian tale Big King takes lovely Quashiba as his wife after her mother tells a little white lie - that Quashiba has the ability to spin gold. After a year of marital bliss Big King locks his bride in a room demanding that she spin gold in order to win her freedom. Luckily help arrive...
15 years ago
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