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Demi,

King Midas: The Golden Touch

48 pp. | McElderry | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-689-83297-4 $$19.95
(2) K-3 In her unsourced but amusing retelling, Demi demonstrates Midas's lack of intelligence before his dimwitted wish to have everything he touches turn to gold. There's an irony in Demi's own predilection for gilding; the sumptuous format is calculated to arouse appetites for the beauty of gold, if not its wealth. This handsome book breathes new life into one of the oldest of cautionary tales.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2002

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