New Releases by Margot Zemach

When Hilda and Rose get fed up with their older sister''s bossiness, they get revenge by threatening to have her for dinner.

A charming book of children''s rhymes by the Caldecott Medalist. I''m the king of the castle, Get down, you dirty rascal! There she goes, There she goes, All dressed up in her Sunday clothes. When I make a book for children, I draw it the same as I would for grownups. I draw for people of any age. —Margot Zemach Margot Zemach was a visionary artist whose contribution to twentieth-century children''s literature is one of the most significant and innovative ever. Farrar Straus Giroux is proud to be publishing her final book, a collection of timeless verses paired with Zemach''s glorious watercolors. From the familiar "This Little Pig Went to Market" to the lesser-known "Brave News Is Come to Town" to the enduringly popular "Bingo," these twenty-seven rhymes and songs — many of them favorites from Zemach''s youth — are lovingly presented for readers of all ages. Completing the volume is a brief scrapbook of Zemach''s childhood artwork, family photographs, and autobiographical writings and sketches, assembled by her daughter Kaethe Zemach-Bersin. It is a unique personal glimpse into Margot Zemach''s life for those encountering her work for the first time, as well as for those who have long admired her.

Once again, Margot Zemach brings new life to a traditional story: the tale of the three wishes granted to those who are kind and compassionate. In Zemach''s interpretation, a poor woodcutter and his wife are working in the forest when they hear a faint voice calling: "Help, someone help me!" They promptly rescue an imp whose tail is caught under a fallen tree, and in return he rewards them with three wishes. "Wish wisely, my friends," the imp says in parting. Prophetic words indeed. It soon looks as if this windfall will be nothing but trouble for the woodcutter and his wife. The legendary dilemma they face--which involves a long string of sausages--is subtly dramatized in Zemach''s simple text and wry yet heartfelt pictures. She takes particular joy in showing how, in the end, the woodcutter and his wife get just what they wanted all along. Margot Zemach won the Caldecott Medal for "Duffy and the Devil" and was the United States nominee for the 1980 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration.

The much beloved story of the three little pigs and their enemy, the wolf.

Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.

A baby is promised a strange assortment of things from a mocking bird to a horse and cart--all for not crying.

The exuberance of a man and his mule newly arrived in heaven causes so much furor that God gives them one last chance before He throws them out.

Hilda''s father gives her a medal for being so helpful. Her sister is jealous.

The fisherman''s greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted to them by an enchanted fish.

Retells the tale of the teeny tiny woman who found a teeny tiny bone in the forest and put it away in her cupboard before she went to sleep.