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Three Sacks of Truth
A Story from France
By Kimmel, Eric A. & Rayevsky, Robert
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82340-921-1
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1993.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1993
Gr 1-4 Aided by a silver fife and a perfect peach, the youngest son of a poor widow outwits a greedy king and wins the hand of the princess. Although this retelling is based upon a French folktale, variants exist in other cultures, such as the Norwegian "The King's Hares," found in Stith Thompson's One Hundred Favorite Folktales (Indiana Univ. Pr, 1968). Kimmel has adapted Paul Delarue's "The Three May Peaches," fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
