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Gr 2–4—The familiar tale is brought to rousing life in this German import via a lively, robust narration and menacing, rat-infested illustrations featuring contemporary characters and settings. Audiences who don't know the story will be fascinated by the plight of the Pied Piper, who delivers on his guarantee to rid the town of Hamelin, Germany, of its rat invasion in the year 1283 but then is paid a mere fraction of the hefty reward the town's mayor had promised. The Piper soon returns to exact a terrible revenge. Playing a strange, mesm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Baas sets the traditional cautionary tale at Christmas (thus occasioning the book's red-and-green color scheme) and in 1283. But while the architecture of the beleaguered town looks medieval, the clothing of its inhabitants is twentieth-century; the Piper himself es...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This version of the traditional cautionary tale is set at Christmas (thus occasioning the book's red-and-green color scheme) and in 12...Log In or Sign Up to Read More