Duffy and the Devil

{{short description|1973 children's novel by Harve and Margot Zemach}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Duffy and the Devil

| image = CM duffy and devil.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Front cover with Caldecott Medal seal

| author = Harve Zemach

| illustrator = Margot Zemach

| cover_artist =

| country = United States

| genre = Children's book

| publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux

| pub_date = 1973

| media_type =

| pages =

| isbn = 0-374-31887-5

| dewey = 398.2/09423/7

| congress = PZ8.1.Z38 Du3

| oclc= 724018

}}

Duffy and the Devil (1973) is a book written by Margot Zemach and her husband Harvey Fichstrom (as Harve Zemach). In 1974, it was a finalist

for the National Book Award, Children's Literature

[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1974 "National Book Awards – 1974"]. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-08.

and winner of the Caldecott Medal for illustration.[http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm "Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 – Present"].

Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association (ala.org/alsc). Retrieved 2009-05-27.

The U.S. Library of Congress credits "a Cornish tale retold by Harve Zemach" and a British edition was published by Kestrel Books in 1974, which catalogs with the full title Duffy and the Devil: a Cornish tale retold.

References

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[https://lccn.loc.gov/72081491 "Duffy and the Devil"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress (lccn.loc.gov).
 

[https://lccn.loc.gov/77367377 "Duffy and the Devil: a Cornish tale retold"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (UK edition). LC Online Catalog. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

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Category:1973 children's books

Category:American picture books

Category:Caldecott Medal–winning works

Category:Children's fiction books

Category:Books illustrated by Margot Zemach

Category:National Book Award for Young People's Literature–winning works

Category:Children's books based on folklore

Category:Cornish folklore

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