Cover of Spinners
Read Time: ~3.3 hr

Spinners

by Donna Jo Napoli and Richard Tchen (1999)

About this book

Elaborates on the events recounted in the fairy tale, "Rumpelstiltskin," in which a strange little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreSpinners Lead Character

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