elves and the shoemaker
By: retold by Olive Jones ; illustrated by Francesca Crespi.
Contributors: Crespi, Francesca, ill.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Miniature books -- Specimens.; Fairy tales.; Folklore -- Germany.; Miniature books.
Other titles: Wichtelmänner. English.; Little box of fairy tales.
Description: A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.
Notes: Based on Die Wichtelmänner.
Issued in a case with 3 other books by the author: Beauty and the beast, Rumpelstiltskin, and Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Title on case: A little box of fairy tales.