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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Stewig, John Warren

Clever Gretchen

32 pp. | Cavendish | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-7614-5066-1 $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Patricia Wittmann. In exchange for help in winning the mayor's daughter, Gretchen, in marriage, Hans agrees to become a goat-footed stranger's servant after seven years of wedded bliss. The only way out of the bargain is if Hans can pose a question that the stranger is unable to answer, so Gretchen devises a plan. While the watercolor illustrations are pleasant, the story's resolution makes it seem that the stranger is more credulous than Gretchen is clever.
Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

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