THE DEVIL AND MOTHER CRUMP [ Folklore / Fable ]

CAREY, Valerie Scho, LOBEL, Arnold, Holder of The Caldecott Medal for his Fables

ISBN 10: 0060209828 / ISBN 13: 9780060209827

Published by HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, USA, 1987

About this Item

Fine H/b. Mother Crump was so stingy you couldn't even ask her for the time of day without her wanting it back. Children's illustrated folklore fable in colour. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for- further Details of both author & Artist. First Edition, first printing , as stated, 10987654321. 235x185mm. Fine / VG [ Book- as new, no insc] Dust Jacket price clipped, no crease, no loss , mild fade to spine [ taking image tends to lighten cover shdes].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DEVIL AND MOTHER CRUMP [ Folklore / Fable ]
• Publisher: HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, USA
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060209828
• ISBN 13: 9780060209827
• Binding: Hard Back
• Illustrator: Lobel, Arnold
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Illustrated
  • Folklore / Myth / Legend
  • Modern First Editions

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Synopsis

The Devil meets his match in a feisty old baker woman who tricks him into granting her three very strange wishes.

Reviews

Meet Mother Crump, who is meaner than the devil himself. When he comes sniffing around her bake shop, she uses her bread "peel" (paddle) on him, then lets him go for the price of three wishes. When Death approaches she chases him away and uses two wishes to rid herself of Lucifer's kin, who have been sent for her. The third wish she uses on none other than the "old goat-foot." Her soul eventually leaves her body for Heaven where she's refused entry, then Hell where the Devil locks her out and yells, "You're mean enough to go start a Hell of your own." Mother Crump is one stout and unruly character, but the ornery story is awkwardly told and the plot too slim for its length. Such a battle of wits invites c omparison with Natalie Babbitt's The Devil's Storybook, and Carey's is found lacking. But Lobel's phenomenal talent provides the necessary supplement, in characters with angular features whose antics provide slapstick relief, all in deep colors doused with dark charcoal shadows. Ages 7-11.
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