Best Selling Books by Margot Zemach

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.

For use in schools and libraries only. A retelling of the classic folktale, the three little pigs struggle to outwit their enemy, the wolf.

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.

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

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

A reinterpretation of the traditional tale about Little Red Hen and her independent spirit.

Duffy is hired to knit Squire Lovel''s clothing, but she can''t, so she makes a deal with the devil. ... a whole new set of circumstances and an ending that is sure to set off bursts of laughter ... --Kirkus Reviews