Over Spring Break, my eleven-year-old was sick and stuck at home, meaning my seven-year-old was also stuck at home. Luckily, I had recently picked up the audio CD of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff from our library. So even though we were stuck inside, we were able to listen to an entertaining story explaining Rumpelstiltskin’s side of things. The audio version, read by Maxwell Glick, was excellent and made being stuck at home not seem so bad.

Poor Rump. His mot...