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It's Not About The Straw!
Written by Veronika Martenova Charles
Illustrated by David Parkins

Rumpelstiltskin, a fairy tale collected and set in print by the Grimm brothers in 1812, is the most popular of the stories about guessing a name. There are similar stories in different cultures, and the ones collected here are three examples.

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Excerpted from It's Not About The Straw! by Veronika Martenova Charles. Copyright © 2013 by Veronika Martenova Charles. Excerpted by permission of Tundra Books. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
 
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