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The boy and the devil
By Magnus, Erica
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-87614-305-6
- Publisher
- Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [c1986]
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 1987
K-Gr 2 Magnus' story is based on a Norwegian folktale that is not included in the Asbjornsens' Norwegian Folktales (Vanous, 1978). The devil demonstrates his power to a boy by becoming as large as an elephant and then, at the boy's insistence, as small as a flea. The boy captures the flea-sized devil in a nut and asks a blacksmith to crack it. The blacksmith uses increasingly larger hammers, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
