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Spinners

Donna Jo Napoli

1999197 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Dutton Children's Books · 197 pages · ENGISBN 9780525460657
  • 2001Puffin · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780141311104
  • 2001Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaISBN 9780606209243
  • 2001Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613360166

Elaborates on the events recounted in the fairy tale, "Rumpelstiltskin," in which a strange little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

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How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forAll ages

When and where

Reading situationRead aloud
ThemesFamily
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