Elves and the Shoemaker

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Jacob W. Grimm, Bernadette Watts. NorthSouth, $7.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-55858-768-7

Helpful elves reward a virtuous shoemaker in a large-format retelling with ""exceptional"" pictures; ""Watts's warm, luminous illustrations provide the perfect counterpart to Tolstoy's lovely, mystical story,"" praised PW. Ages 5-8. (Sept.)

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