Monday, February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 **In the follow-up to the highly acclaimed, instant bestseller, _The Three Billy Goats Gruff_, comes the second brilliant and highly anticipated fairy tale retelling from the _New York Times_ bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning creators, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis.** Once upon a time there was a clever girl with a not-so-clever father. When her father claims she can spin straw into gold, the king forces the girl to perform this impossible task. She has no other choice than to accept a strange deal from a mysterious little man. But when he arrives and attempts to collect the debt, the fiendish trickster Rumpelstiltskin discovers that he is the one who has been tricked! This is the second in the groundbreaking new collection of masterfully retold fairy tales crafted by one of today's most celebrated and esteemed authors, Mac Barnett, paired with the stunning illustrations of the acclaimed and award-winning creator, Carson Ellis. With Barnett's signature pacing and wit, his subversive storytelling style and narrative voice, and Ellis's stunning folk-art style, this retelling of _Rumpelstiltskin_ will introduce this classic story to a new generation of readers! **MAC BARNETT** is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of many picture books, including the _New York Times_ bestseller _The Three Billy Goats Gruff_; _The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse_; the Caldecott Honor Book and E. B. White Read Aloud Award winner _Sam and Dave Dig a Hole_; the Shapes Trilogy (_Triangle_, _Circle_, and _Square_); and the Caldecott Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner _Extra Yarn_. Mac is also the author of the middle-grade series, Mac B., Kid Spy. He lives in Oakland, California. **CARSON ELLIS** is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books _Home_ and __Du Iz Tak?__, a Caldecott Honor book and the recipient of an E. B. White Read Aloud Award. She has illustrated a number of children's books, including _What Is Love?_ by Mac Barnett, _The Shortest Day_ by Susan Cooper, _The Mysterious Benedict Society_ by Trenton Lee Stewart, _The Composer Is Dead_ by Lemony Snicket, and the Wildwood Chronicles series by her husband, Colin Meloy. She lives on a farm with her family in Oregon.