The silver curlew
By: illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
Contributors: Shepard, Ernest H. 1879-1976
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Fairy tales
Description: A lazy girl becomes the king's bride by implying that she had woven twelve skeins of cloth when actually she had eaten twelve dumplings. Incorporates the story of Tom Tit Tot