Customer Reviews

Rapunzel

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This book is a great one. What I particularly like about this book versus the many other "Rapunzel" books you can buy is that the illustrations are so catching. They are realistic and yet very bright and eye catching. The illustrations work together with the words on the page.

The story itself is the traditional "Rapunzel" story.

I was very disappointed in this story. I wanted to rate this no stars, but amazon required a minimum of one for rating. It is not what I remember as a child and after reading it once to my child, the book is no longer in my home. It was frightening and disturbing. I purchased it because we loved the other books in the Keepsake Story series - which some also have witches and make references to death, but this was the worst we read.

It's very difficult to find fairy tales that are appropriate for preschoolers -- either they're "uncensored" and too close to the original, dark versions, or they're too long and wordy to keep a young child's attention. This one is great because it's direct, simple, but well-written. The story isn't all sugar cones and candy canes, but it's not as brutal as the original Grimm and Andersen versions either. The pictures are beautiful. My four-year-old loves this book, and has started quoting "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" at the most random moments. Great find, and we have enjoyed several of the other books in this series as well.

The blind prince ends up finding Rapnzel living in the woods with their twins. (They had married in the tower and apparently consummated their marriage!) What?! My daughter did not like this book at all! Neither do I!

I ordered this book for our daughter, having read and enjoyed it as a child myself, very happy