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Gr 3 Up—Hauff's long-ago, lengthy tale of enchantment is the story of a bewitched boy and a gluttonous duke. Jacob, a poor cobbler's "fine handsome son, well built and quite tall for his age, which was 12 years," becomes an ugly dwarf with a squat body and a very long nose after an unfortunate encounter with the wicked witch Herbwise. Forced to carry a bag of cabbages to the strange old woman's house, Jacob is presented with a bowl of delicious soup and clouds of incense, sending him into seven years of sleep in which he assumes the body of a squirrel. Dressed in human clothes and working among a crowd of similarly clad guinea pigs and squirrels, he works his way up through a series ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Reissue, 1994, North-South. A bad fairy enslaves young Jacob, then turns him into a hideous dwarf. He befrie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More