Tom Tit Tot

By Evaline Ness

In this English variant of Rumpelstiltskin, the heroine is a comic, homespun character. Woodcuts executed in brown, gold, black, and aqua capture the broad humor and Elizabethan tone of the story.

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retold by Evaline Ness

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