Review
In this West Indian tale Big King takes lovely Quashiba as his wife after her mother tells a little white lie - that Quashiba has the ability to spin gold. After a year of marital bliss Big King locks his bride in a room demanding that she spin gold in order to win her freedom. Luckily help arrives in the form of a little demon named Lit'mahn Bittyun. Of course there's a catch - if Quashiba cannot guess his name in three days he will shrink her down to his size and spirit her away to live in his shade.
Like other reviewers I believe I might actually prefer this variant to the more familiar Rumpelstiltskin tale. It all just makes more sense and has some more satisfying elements and resolutions. And of course Leo and Diane Dillon's illustrations have never hurt the appeal of any picture book!
Like other reviewers I believe I might actually prefer this variant to the more familiar Rumpelstiltskin tale. It all just makes more sense and has some more satisfying elements and resolutions. And of course Leo and Diane Dillon's illustrations have never hurt the appeal of any picture book!
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