Rapunzel

Ladybird – Well Loved Tales Series 606D #2.5

by Vera Southgate

The story of a beautiful princess rescued from the tower because of her long flowing locks, told in simple language for children.

Genres: Childrens, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction

52 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[booklady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Food fetishes even for healthy foods such as salad can wreak havoc upon your children ... well apparently. I wonder how many generations were put off leafy greens due to reading the consequences of this story? A wicked witch coming to claim their only child because her garden was pilfered?! On the other hand, perhaps others of a more optimistic mind might have hoped for gloriously fast growing hair?! It is endlessly fascinating how people will interpret a story.

Try it sometime. Read a simple story to a group of people. Then ask for reactions. Woah Nellie! People will come up with the most bizarre interpretations!

[Dane Cobain · Rating 3 out of 5]

No one in this story can tell the difference between male and female voices. And having someone climbing up your hair must be incredibly painful and potentially impossible. So yeah.

[Annisa Nur Widya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cerita awal mula Rapunzel disini sama dengan yang aku tonton pas kecil. Tapi cuma berhenti di penyihir yang mengambil anaknya (yang aku inget). Taunya dia Rapunzel... ending story nya juga beda dari yang biasa ditonton di disney. Menarik.

[Safnaz Jaylan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Childhood favourites.

[Tehreem Tahir · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was cute and a quick read. I enjoyed it.

[The British International School Madinaty BISM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miracle, class 2E
I learned to help people to get what I want. Like Rapunzel when she helped the prince.
It was excellent

[H.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

What sort of salad is so good that it’s worth giving up your own child?

[Claire]

There are a lot of plotholes in this that bug me every time I read it to junior. like if the witch needs rapunzels hair to climb the tower, how does she get up there to talk to the prince after she's banished rapunzel ?
Also, am concerned at addictive quality of 'salad' in this story. I don't know anyone addicted to salad like the woman in this story. and her husband is a simpleton. Maybe I shouldn't take it so seriously ?

[Mahmoud Hussain]

I have a Ladybird easy reading book well loved tales in my kids stuff . As a father now I didn't understand many of its plots to retell the story to my 4 years kid ..he will keep ask me questions like .why Rapunzel mother want salad and she would die for it. Why Rapunzel father would steal......etc. so i took the decision the animation picture is much better

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 4 out of 5]

From my ladybird book collection as a child, quite enjoyed all these tales.

[Lynn Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this tale. Rediscovered with my niece in 2009 from reading it to her as a baby into her early childhood.

[Shahmeer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book a long time ago!!!