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The Rumpelstiltskin Problem

Vivian Vande Velde

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 116

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Release: August 28, 2000

ISBN: 0618055231

ISBN 13: 9780618055234

The Rumpelstiltskin Problem

Vivian Vande Velde

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 116

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Release: August 28, 2000

ISBN: 0618055231

ISBN 13: 9780618055234

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