Rapunzel

Rapunzel
by Paul O. Zelinsky
48 Pages

A man and a woman waited many years to have a baby. While pregnant the woman craved the neighbors-the sorcerer lady- rapunzel leaves. The man snuck down to get some leaves one day and got caught by the sorceress and had to agree that she could have the baby after it was born in order for his wife to have the leaves. When Rapunzel was 12 the sorceress led her to live in a tower in the middle of the forest. She would come to check on her and tell her to let down her hair so she could climb up. One day Rapunzel was singing and a Prince heard her and fell in love with her. He heard the sorceress say let down your hair so one night he tried that and it worked. The two fell in love and the sorceress knew nothing of it. When she found out, she cut off Rapunzel’s hair and sent her away. In the meantime Rapunzel had twins. The Prince ended up finding Rapunzel and the twins and they all lived happily ever after away from the sorceress.

Personal Rating- 5

This book has wonderful pictures. They could tell the story alone. This book is a great fairy tale because Rapunzel gets to escape the evil sorcerer lady and live happily ever after with her family!