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Name: The King of the Hummingbirds

Full title: The King of the Hummingbirds and Other Tales
Author: John Gardner
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Genres/categories: Children, Fantasy

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Four fairy tales featuring a stupid coppersmith's son, a witch unhappy in her profession, a gnome with power to change things, and a fat, bespectacled Jewish boy who hopes to marry a princess.
About the author:
John Champlin Gardner was a well-known and controversial American novelist and university professor, best known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth.

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