Summary
A wicked queen casts a spell over her beautiful stepdaughter, turning her into a loathsome dragon until such time as her wandering brother shall return and kiss her three times. Full description
Summary: |
A wicked queen casts a spell over her beautiful stepdaughter, turning her into a loathsome dragon until such time as her wandering brother shall return and kiss her three times. |
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Item Description: |
"This story was retold by British folklorist Joseph Jacobs in 'English Fairy Tales,' 1890, as 'The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh'...based on an eighteenth-century ballad"--Copyright p. |
Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. |
ISBN: |
0618543597 |
Author Notes: |
"Sector 7" and "Free Fall" are Caldecott Honor Books, while Wiesner won the prestigious Caldecott Medal for "Tuesday" (1992), "The Three Pigs" (2002), and "Flotsam" (2007). Wiesner is only the second person to have won this award three times. (Bowker Author Biography) |