by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Vera Southgate · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9780721402185
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«Rumpelstiltskin» is the fairy tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, adapted by Vera Southgate, published by Random House in hardcover (52 pages, in English).
Fairy tale in which a miller's daughter is locked up by the king and forced to turn straw into gold. A goblin named Rumpelstiltskin helps her, but his favor comes at a price: the promise of her first child.
Adaptation by Vera Southgate with illustrations by Eric Winter, originally published in 1968. Belongs to the Well-Loved Tales series by Ladybird (606D).
Aimed at young children who enjoy illustrated stories and early readers who need reading practice.
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm; together, they were the literary duo known as the Brothers Grimm.
