Spinners

Spinners
Donna Jo Napoli
208 pgs
Puffin (2001)

A ploy of Rumplestiltskin, a tailor wants to win the hand of his true love. She is pregnant with his child, but her father will not allow the communion because he does not believe that the tailor will be able to take care of his daughter. The tailor takes a magical spinning wheel without asking to spin a wedding dress of gold and spins so long into the night that his leg becomes cramped and crippled forever, preventing him from his workship. The beautiful maiden runs from him and his nasty appearance. The baby is born and the mother dies, but the baby is left with a gift for spinning and becomes famous for it.

Review: Incredible idea of the daughter having the spinning talent of her father and being able to make thread out of anything. Very intriguing.

Now You Know: It does not follow like the rest of Napoli's fairy tales. Saskia is her own person and does not have anything more in common with her father than her spinning.