0nce upon a time a miller's daughter was given an impossible task by a cruel and greedy king. She had to spin straw into gold. And who should show up to help her but an odd little man named...

Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl , which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews...

“Stanley blazes a new path for herself in this effervescent revisionist fairy tale, and the results are as stunning as her best picture-book biographies…A 24-karat prize.”