Illustrator:Paul O. Zelinksy
Genre:Picture Book
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Theme: Greediness, honor, honesty
Primary and Secondary Characters: Miller's daughter, the King, and Rumpelstiltskin
Award(s) date of publication: Caldecott Award Winner 1997
Publishing Company: A Trumpet Club
Brief Summary: This book first starts out with the Miller lying to the King in attempt to impress him. He tells the King that his daughter is capable of spinning gold from straw. The king is impressed and goes to the Miller's daughter. She is in distress and Rumpelstiltskin makes a deal with her. She has to give something of hers to him and he will make the gold. The first two times, she gives him a necklace and a bracelet. Both the King and Rumpelstiltskin become more and more greedy. The third time, the King requests gold from straw and to marry the Miller's daughter. If she does not do this, she will not be able to live. She is worried because she has nothing left to give Rumpelstiltskin. He asks for her to give him her son when he arrives. She thinks that that is so far into the future and agrees. When the day comes and she has a son, she refuses to give him away. Rumpelstiltskin makes another agreement with her that if she can figure out his name, she can keep her son.
How it would be used in a classroom setting: I think this would be a great book to read to older students. I think they would enjoy the mystery behind it. It is pretty interesting, and I think they would be very involved with the reading process because of that.
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