Nail soup / Eric Maddern ; illustrated by Paul Hess.
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TextPublication details: London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2007.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1845074793 (hbk.)
- 9781845074791 (hbk.)
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.20948 M179 | Available | 33111005304825 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When a forest traveller knocks at a lonely cottage, hoping to scrounge a bed for the night, a scowling woman appears and says he can sleep on the floor, but declares that she hasn't a morsel of food in the place. "In that case," says the traveller, "I'll have to share what I've got with you." And, taking an old, rusty, four-inch nail from his pocket, he starts to make ? Nail Soup.In his delightful retelling of this trickster tale known throughout Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, Eric Maddern shows how a merry fellow can soften the heart of even a mean and grumpy woman. Paul Hess's post-modern illustrations combine to make a book that will bring a smile to the face of everyone who reads it.
A traveler stopping at a lonely cottage pulls a rusty nail from his pocket and starts to make nail soup for a grumpy old woman--proving that a merry heart and generous soul produce far better results than whines and demands.