By Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Young readers will be spellbound by this colorful folktale retold by master storyteller Robert San Souci and illustrated by distinguished, award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney.

It is a tale of two sisters: Rose, who is spoiled and lazy but her mother's favorite, and sweet Blanche, who is forced to fetch and carry and do all the hard work for her mother and sister. Blanche's life is miserable until one day her kindness to an old witch-woman catapults her into a miraculous world where cows have two heads and bray like mules, and rabbits in fancy dress dance the Virginia reel. Strangest of all are the wondrous talking eggs, which dramatically prove that beauty may hide great ugliness while the plainest of objects may conceal treasures within.