Rapunzel

by Stephanie Stansbie, Loretta Schauer (Illustrator)

Ever since she was a baby, poor Rapunzel has been locked in a tower by an old witch. But when a young prince clambers up to see her, it gives Rapunzel an idea about how she might finally escape.

32 pages, Hardcover

Published March 7, 2019

Reviews

[OxoNewbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the Disney film "Tangled" so any Rapunzel book will be compared to that film. This book is more traditional in that it keeps the storyline about the parents stealing vegetables from the next-door witch's garden. The book tries to modernise the story by making Rapunzel an inventor and also it doesn't seem like the prince and Rapunzei fall in love, rather he becomes her employer. I found it sad that the parents were not reunited with Rapunzel in the book though they appear in the illustrations in the last double-page spread; perhaps they will never get to reunite.

2 stars.

[Lindsay Lodge · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was enjoying it until the end...