A Penny a Look: An Old Story

by Harve Zemach

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Two brothers set out to capture a one-eyed man to display in the marketplace.

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The didactic story (from which tradition or culture?) is amusingly retold. Adults will enjoy it also. (One parent objected to the cigar in the rascal's mouth, but it does give him the appropriate "character").
I don’t judge a folktale quite the same way I judge other things.

This is a bit weird.

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Children's Books, Picture Books
DDC/MDS
398.22Society, government, & cultureCustoms, etiquette & folkloreFolklore & FolktalesFolk literatureLegends
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PZ7 .Z4 .PLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English
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Paper
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