Krystyna Turska was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1972 for the most distinguished picture book published in Great Britain. The Woodcutter's Duck. Now she retells another Polish legend—with the same richness and detail that have won her acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.
There was once a famous astronomer and magician who lived in Cracow, and who longed above all else to be the first man to visit the moon. The only way to accomplish his ambition was to strike a bargain with the devil. And so the magician received his wish, but at a price few could envy.
Krystyna Turska has surpassed even her own earlier spectacular work with these strongly designed, beautifully executed pictures that will warrant hours of delighted looking.
—from the dust jacket
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