New Releases by Margot Zemach

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

Traditional Chinese edition of It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale, a 1978 Caldecott Honor book. This is a amusing lesson of learning to count your blessings with what you have. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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

The story of a simple man in a village whose home becomes so overcrowded and noisy that he goes to the rabbi for help. The rabbi gives him wise advice. A Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.

The Caldecott Honor book, now in a paperback Spanish edition

When three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes, they encounter a threatening wolf.

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

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.

A retelling of the classic folktale follows the adventures of the three little pigs as they struggle to outwit their enemy, the wolf

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

Acht fijne verhalen vol fantasie en humor, waarvan sommige gebaseerd zijn op traditionele vertellingen.