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Rumpelstiltskin by Mac Barnett

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Rumpelstiltskin

Hardcover – Picture Book, February 3, 2026

Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis

Scholastic Inc. · Hardcover · February 3, 2026

Reading lane: Folktale Retellings

In the follow-up to the highly acclaimed, instant bestseller, The Three Billy Goats Gruff , comes the second ​brilliant and highly anticipated fairy tale retelling from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning creators, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis.

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Good for readers interested in childrenGood for fans of Picture BooksGood for readers who enjoy Folktale Retellings and Fairy Tales & Folklore.

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Authors
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published
February 3, 2026
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Folktale Retellings · Fairy Tales & Folklore
Reading lane
Folktale Retellings

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About This Book

In the follow-up to the highly acclaimed, instant bestseller, The Three Billy Goats Gruff , comes the second ​brilliant and highly anticipated fairy tale retelling from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning creators, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis. Once upon a time there was a clever girl with a not-so-clever father. When her father claims she can spin straw into gold, the king forces the girl to perform this impossible task. She has no other choice than t...

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In the follow-up to the highly acclaimed, instant bestseller, The Three Billy Goats Gruff , comes the second ​brilliant and highly anticipated fairy tale retelling from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning creators, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis. Once upon a time there was a clever girl with a not-so-clever father. When her father claims she can spin straw into gold, the king forces the girl to perform this impossible task. She has no other choice than to accept a strange deal from a mysterious little man. But when he arrives and attempts to collect the debt, the fiendish trickster Rumpelstiltskin discovers that he is the one who has been tricked! This is the second in the groundbreaking new collection of masterfully retold fairy tales crafted by one of today's most celebrated and esteemed authors, Mac Barnett, paired with the stunning illustrations of the acclaimed and award-winning creator, Carson Ellis. With Barnett's signature pacing and wit, his subversive storytelling style and narrative voice, and Ellis's stunning folk-art style, this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin will introduce this classic story to a new generation of readers!

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