The Elves and the Shoemaker ('Well-Loved Tales') - Softcover

Vera Southgate; Jacob Grimm

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9780721400785: The Elves and the Shoemaker ('Well-Loved Tales')

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721400787 ISBN 13: 9780721400785

Publisher: Ladybird, 2001

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The story of a poor shoemaker who works hard but does not prosper until he has only enough leather left to make one pair of shoes. During the night the shoes are made for him and they sell for a handsome profit so when his fortunes are restored he repays his benefactors.

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Book Description:

Some of our best-loved fairy tales, simply retold by top authors and illustrators.

About the Author:

A Canadian, Karen Wallace gained a degree in English from London University. Shortly afterwards she and her husband went to Toronto and worked in the publishing business. A few years later they moved to Ireland with their two young sons, and returned to England in 1982. She now writes full-time for children and for children's television. She and illustrator Mike Bostock won the TES Information Book Award for THINK OF AN EEL (Walker Books). Her novel RASPBERRIES ON THE YANGTSE was short-listed for the Guardian Award. She is married to novelist Sam Llewellyn.

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