Pied Piper of Hamelin

Hamelin Town has a plague of rats. If something is not done soon, everyone will starve. The people vow to give up all that they have to rid the town of the rats . . . . The Pied Piper plays a sweet tune & the rats, dancing, follow the music to the end. But, the people refuse to pay the Piper. And now the Piper takes up his flute to play a sweeter tune -- & it is the children who see Paradise & will follow the song . . . . In this retelling of one of the most enduring folk tales to be passed down through the centuries, Drahos Zak's evocative & intricately detailed illustrative style complements Robert Holden's sensitive & poetic text. Their collaboration brings new dimensions to this universally human story.