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32 pp.
| Whitman
| March, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8075-4644-4$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Will Terry.
In this retelling of a Hungarian folktale, Little Rooster finds a diamond button, which is quickly taken by a greedy king. As Little Rooster tries to get it back, the king doles out punishments, which Little Rooster foils by means of his conveniently magical stomach. The textured acrylic illustrations depict startlingly pop-eyed characters.
129 pp.
| Linnet
| November, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-208-02505-7$$25.00
(3)
4-6
Translated by Irma Molnar.
Illustrated by
Georgeta-Elena Enesel.
Quite a few of these Hungarian folktales feature King Matthias, a very clever ruler modeled on a real-life king. Fresh, funny, and well timed, many of these stories will be new to American readers. The tales, illustrated with quirky black-and-white line drawings, are followed by notes expanding on the stories' historical background and sources. Bib.
32 pp.
| Groundwood
| September, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-88899-443-5$$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Joanne Fitzgerald.
After a sultan takes a diamond button from a rooster with prodigious swallowing power, the rooster must use his talents in unusual ways to outwit the greedy sultan and get the button back. Elegant watercolors set the story in the time of the Ottoman Empire. A note about the story gives some additional information about this Hungarian tale.
32 pp.
| Clarion
| March, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-395-71526-1$$15.00
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Rosanne Litzinger.
In this Hungarian version of "The Golden Goose," a flute-playing shepherd boy wins the hand of an ailing princess who must laugh to be cured. The sight of the boy leading a risible procession of serving maid, baker woman, and priest, all of whom are stuck to his little golden lamb, does the trick. Greene's storytelling style is at once classic and relaxed, and the illustrations, in a soft, springtime palette, are fittingly buoyant.
32 pp.
| Barefoot
| August, 2000
|
TradeISBN 1-84148-067-3$$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Judith Christine Mills.
A naughty boy running from his mother gets his tongue stuck on an iron fence. The townsfolk gather around in the snow and offer advice, but it's an outsider, a traveling blacksmith, who frees the boy. Cheerful illustrations of large, rounded figures set against a background of swirling snow capture the warm humor in this Hungarian numskull tale.