- Folklore, Juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction, Devil
The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
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Classical in form, intimate, spare and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Harve Zemach, Margot Zemach
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc., Tandem Library, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9780374418977
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“Squire Lovel of Trove had no wife.”
Harve Zemach was a children's book author. With his wife, Margot, who was an illustrator, they collaborated on many enduring children's books, including The Judge: An Untrue Tale, a Caldecott Honor Book; A Penny a Look, an ALA Notable Book; and Duffy and the Devil, recipient of the Caldecott Medal.
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