A King marries a poor girl after being told she can perform amazing feats with a spinning-wheel. But what will happen to her when he realises he's been tricked..? Stunning retelling of a traditional tale. The deal seems great. A poor woman's daughter will become Queen, but only under the condition that for one month a year, she will spin five sacks of wool a day. Will the help of a mysterious visitor enable her to spin the wool? A brilliant retelling of the traditional Rumplestiltskin tale, from a master of the genre.

 

This book is part of a book series called Little Gems .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Martina Peluso was born in Naples in 1980, where she currently lives and works. She has studied printing art at the Institute of Art in Naples and she has frequented courses of illustration at Sarmede and Pavia. In 2006 at the Carampa Circus in Madrid set up her first personal exhibition: Circus. In 2007 she has exhibited her work at Assisi, Italy, called the Hymn of the Creatures, images of a world of grace, it was on exhibition at the museum of St. Damiano. Kevin Crossley-Holland is well-known as a poet, broadcaster, and writer for children. He won the Carnegie Medal in 1985. For Oxford, he has written The Green Children and adapted Beowulf for children.