Think there's just one fairy tale with a girl locked away in a tall tower? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Rapunzel stories. Visit Germany, Italy and the Philippines, and find out who is guarded by a flesh-eating monster, and whose hero flies off on a magical winged horse.
This book is part of a book series called Nonfiction Picture Books-Multicultural Fairy Tales .
This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .
Colleen Madden made it through childhood pretending to be a space princess with a Wookiee sidekick and drawing in her cardboard box art studio. The books she has illustrated include Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You . Monkey Walk is the first book she has also written. She lives, works, and hangs in trees around the Philadelphia area. Eva Montanari is the author and illustrator of A Very Full Morning and My First. She lives in Rimini, Italy. Cari Meister lives in Vail, Colorado, with her husband and four sons. She enjoys reading, skiing, running, and yoga, but most of all she enjoys riding her Arabian horse, Sir William. Cari has written many books for children, including the Fairy Hill series, I Have a Little Seedling , and Pony Poems for Little Pony Lovers . Visit her at CariMeister. com.
This book contains the following story:
Rapunzel
A poor couple forced to surrender their newborn daughter to a powerful witch all for having stolen some lettuce to satisfy the wifes unbearable hunger. And so the witch takes Rapunzel to a secluded tower where the girl spends her days singing and braiding her long hair. Then one day a prince hears her sweet voice and decides to set her free. But the witch discovers the plot and chops off the girl's hair. She uses the hair to capture him and turns him blind to keep him from his love.
