Devil's Other Storybook

Are young readers' minds going to the Devil? Most will agree that this is not the case in this logical follow-up to the little red volume of The Devil's Storybook. Ten more tales are told by a very dexterous fiddlemaster. There are familiar diabolical incarnations, the instances of mistaken identity usually associated with tales of devilry, and even stories about "justice" and Christmas. The author's travels to the very gates of Hell brings to this children's book a spacious dimension of unadulterated maturity. These stories are simply some of the funniest available. The Devil in Babbitt is more than a subject for amusement and less than an article of belief; the writer, however, for good or for bad, is still well within the orbit of the religious. As in the "Simple Sentences" story, Babbitt can rightly be placed in the middle ground between the two very eloquent and hilarious protagonists, the rascal and the writer.Babbitt, Natalie is the author of 'Devil's Other Storybook' with ISBN 9780374317676 and ISBN 0374317674.