A beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch, in a retelling of the classic tale in graphic novel format that also includes a history of the story, discussion questions, and suggestions for writing activities related to the text.
This book features in the following series: Graphic Spin, The Graphic Novels Series .
There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Capstone Press .
Stephanie True Peters is the versatile author and ghostwriter of more than sixty books for children, including the New York Times bestseller, A Princess Primer: A Fairy Godmother's Guide to Being a Princess. Reviewers have praised her work as "inviting. playful and full of charm," (Kirkus), "riveting," (Booklist), and "compelling," (School Library Journal). Peters spends her free time training for her black belt in karate, performing acts of home improvement, and hanging out with her teenage children, Jackson and Chloe, and her husband Dan. She and her family live in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
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.
