About the Author

"Margaret Read MacDonald likes to discover old tales that are not widely known to the public. Every year, she travels to exotic new places in search of tales-Kota Kinabalu, Alor Setar, Shanghai, Palembang, and Buenos Aires, to name a few. She retold another tale for Marshall Cavendish: Too Many Fairies, illustrated by Susan Mitchell. Dr. MacDonald lives in Kirkland, Washington. For more information about her work, visit her Web site: www.margaretreadmacdonald.com