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K-3
Illustrated by
Robert Andrew Parker.
A wandering bagpiper tugs a handsome pair of boots off a corpse only to find the feet still in them. Willie uses the feet to play a trick on an uncharitable farmer and sees the worm turn when a foot-loose--er, -less--man comes to reclaim his standing. The twists from ghoulish to slapstick to spooky step lightly, and Parker's paintings have a rustic elegance that helps the story keep its shape.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2000