Evaline Ness
Like his distant cousin Rumplestiltskin, Tom Tit Tot is a small, magical creature who offers to help a young woman with her impossible sewing requirements. In the kind of comedy of errors that can only occur in English folk tales, the heroine eats too many pies, marries a king who has eyes only for her spinning wheel, and makes a deal to save her life. The only question is, can she guess her benefactor's name and prevent trading one form of servitude for another? , The late Caldecott medalist Evaline Ness's charming illustrations are appropriately fantastic and strange; each page appears to have been carved in wood, complementing the historical feel of the narrative's language. In a time when many classic folk tales and fairy tales are being distilled into unrecognizable forms, ,Tom Tit Tot,, a Caldecott Honor Book, keeps this classic story as refreshingly pure and unrefined as it was 100 ago or more. ,(Ages 4 to 8)
Childrens,Picture Books,Childrens,Fantasy,Fairy Tales,Fiction,Classics,Folk Tales,Folklore
Tom Tit Tot: An English Folk Tale