Rattlestiltskin - Hardcover

"Kimmel retells "Rumpelstiltskin" with a Southwestern bent. This tale stands on its own while paying homage to the original and includes Spanish words throughout the text. Colored-pencil drawings by first-time illustrator Camarca invoke the traditional Southwestern landscape and dress and complement the story well. VERDICT An enjoyable play on an old favorite that will be a sound addition to most picture book collections." -SLJ

"Grimm's familiar tale gets a Southwestern rendering in Caldecott Honor-winner Kimmel's retelling." -Booklist

"Kimmel's Southwestern take on "Rumpelstiltskin" kicks off when the protagonist's mother brags of her gifted daughter to all her friends. The richest man in town, Don Ignacio, overhears that Rosalia's tortillas "are so light, they float like clouds" and orders her to whip up a batch. Green, goblinlike Rattlestiltskin pops out of the oven and proposes a deal: she will get light-as-air tortillas in return for anything he asks." -Kirkus Reviews

Award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel is a native of New York who taught teachers as a professor of Education at Indiana University at South Bend and Portland State University. His favorite classes were children's literature, language arts, storytelling, and handwriting. He left the university in 1993 to become a full-time writer, a dream he had had since kindergarten. Eric has written more than fifty books and has won numerous awards. He and his wife, Doris, live in Portland, Oregon.

Illustrator Erin Camarca's medium is colored pencil and the vast beauty of the Southwest provides her inspiration. A native of Durango, Colorado, she has displayed her artwork in shows locally and throughout the region. She lives there with her husband and son and a bevy of farmyard friends. Rattlestiltskin is her first book.