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Duffy & the Devil

Written By: Harve Zemach

Illustrated By: Margaret Zemach

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The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.

Product Details

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Date Published: February 1974

Format: hardcover

Pages: 40 pages

Ages: 4 - 7 years

Reviews:

From the Publisher

Harve Zemach (1933-74) and Margot Zemach (1931-89) created many books together, including The Judge, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll, an ALA Notable Book.

"The devil can make Squire Lovel's stockings for all I care,' cries Duffy the servant girl in this comical Cornish version of Rumpelstiltskin � and that of course is just what he does, with the well-known proviso that 'at the end of three years I'll take you away � unless you can tell me my name." Trust the Zemachs to surprise us, though, with a whole new set of circumstances and an ending that is sure to set off bursts of laughter as soon as the last page is turned." (Starred, Kirkus Reviews)

REVEIW: "Margot Zemach's line and watercolor illustrations are the main attraction. Her droll characters and action-packed scenes make them worth looking at over and over." (Starred, School Library Journal)

Publishers Weekly

The Zemachs' re-creation of a 19th century Cornish entertainment retains all the robust, ribald qualities of the original, a plot based on Rumpelstiltskin,'' noted PW. "How Duffy marries her boss and outwits a demon is at the heart of this gutsy tale.'' (5-9)

Awards:

Winner, 1974 Caldecott Medal

A National Book Award Finalist
An ALA Notable Book