The author of such picture book favourites as the Shape Trilogy and How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? retells the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin in characteristically quirky style, accompanied by evocative illustrations by Carson Ellis.
Rediscover a tale of gold spun with lies . . . Once upon a time there was a clever girl with a not-so-clever father.
When her father claims she can spin straw into gold, the king forces the girl to perform this impossible task.
She has other choice than to accept a strange deal from a mysterious little man. But when he arrives and attempts to collect the debt, the fiendish trickster Rumpelstiltskin discovers that he is the one who has been tricked!
