"Left, right! Left, right!" A soldier is marching home from war when he meets a witch who promises to show him the secret to getting as much money as he could dream. With each strike of the flint, a dog materializes to grant him his wish, and the soldier doesn't hesitate to take advantage of this gift. But at what cost to the kingdom?
Stephen Mitchell is a widely renowned writer, translator, and anthologist. His thirty books for adults and children include a translation of
The Nightingale as well as translations of Jesus, Rilke, Genesis, and Job. His version of the
Tao Te Ching has sold more than half a million copies.
Bagram Ibatoulline (pronounced E'bat'too-LEEN) is the illustrator of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, The Nightingale by Stephen Mitchell and the acclaimed Crossing, a picture book edition of a vintage poem by Philip Booth. Born in Russia, Bagram Ibatoulline graduated from the State Academic Institute of Arts in Moscow, but now resides in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania