Rapunzel
10 best books like Rapunzel (Barbara Rogasky): Andrew Henry's Meadow, Sleeping Beauty, The Sleeping Beauty, King Stork, Swan Lake, Hilary Knight's Cinderella, The Bee-Man of Orn, Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis, Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, The Water Of Life: A Tale From The Brothers Grimm
| Author | Doris Burn |
| ISBN | 0970739923 |
A classic reissued for a new generation
Andrew Henry has two younger brothers, who are always together, and two older sisters, who are always together. But Andrew Henry is in the middle--and he's always with himself. He doesn't mind this very much, because he's an inventor. But when Andrew...
| Author | Mahlon F. Craft |
| ISBN | 1587171201 |
Sleeping Beauty's enchanted slumber has captivated readers' hearts for centuries. Now brought luminously to life by K. Y. Craft's lavish paintings, this new edition of a timeless favorite is sure to enchant readers both young and old. Fairy tale lovers have been eagerly awaiting Craft's next magical...
| Author | Trina Schart Hyman |
| ISBN | 0316387029 |
The story of the beautiful princess who sleeps for a hundred years has captured the imaginations of children for an even longer period of time. How could everyone in a castle - even the flies on the walls - sleep for a century and then wake up?
This magical, beautifully illustrated tale begins...
| Author | Howard Pyle |
| ISBN | 0688158137 |
Minimal dragons and lions, despite what the blurb implies. No dragons, no lions, despite what the blurb says. I can't tell for sure, but I don't think the text is Pyle's original (despite no mention of an adaptation, when I find picture captions for Pyle's original art the language is much more archaic)....
| Author | Margot Fonteyn |
| ISBN | 0152006001 |
Ms. Fonteyn was one of the world’s most famous and gifted prima ballerinas. Such talents don’t necessarily translate to writing a children’s book.
While she keeps the story of the ballet simple, there are awkward moments as if she couldn’t find a way to keep a line interesting and informative....
| Author | Hilary Knight |
| ISBN | 0375814221 |
Hilary Knight imbues the story of Cinderella with characters of the same humor, zest, and personality that have made generations of children and grown-ups fall in love with his most famous creation: Eloise. A pair of pet cats, a blue fairy godmother, and an endearing, if somewhat overweight, Prince...
| Author | Frank R. Stockton |
| ISBN | 0763622397 |
Written at the turn of the 20th century, The Bee-Man of Orn shurgs off the didactic noose which threatened a lot of children's literature at the time and, instead, seems to honour the themes and ideas prevalent in the earlier traditional tales in which it feels like it has been based. Here we encounter...
| Author | Robbin Gourley |
| ISBN | 0618158367 |
Long before the natural-food movement gained popularity, before greenmarkets sprouted across the United States, Edna Lewis championed purity of ingredients, regional cuisine, and the importance of bringing food directly from the farm to the table. She was a chef when female chefs—let alone...
| Author | Marianna Mayer |
| ISBN | 0688085008 |
Sweet, lovely Vasilisa lives with her jealous stepmother and stepsisters on the edge of a dark forest inhabited by the evil witch Baba Yaga. One night the stepmother sends Vasilisa to visit Baba Yaga, an errand from which the gentle girl has little chance of returning alive. "An engaging text and accomplished...
| Author | Jacob Grimm |
| ISBN | 0823409074 |
Now, I have read many stories from the Brothers Grimm and I had enjoyed every single one of them! So, imagine my surprise when I finally came upon one of the Brothers Grimm’s stories being put into a singular children’s book called “The Water of Life” retold by Barbara Rogasky along with...
| Author | Elsa Beskow |
| ISBN | 0863150926 |
I decided to read Elsa Beskow's delightful Pelle's New Suit in French, as Paul et son habit neuf because our public library system happens to have only the French version (and I am actively trying not to purchase so many picture books, mostly due to an ever-increasing lack of shelf space), and I absolutely...
| Author | Marilee Heyer |
| ISBN | 0140505288 |
A retelling of the Chinese folktale "The Chuang Brocade"
The Weaving of a Dream is the story of a widow who provides for her sons by creating intricate brocades. One day, she trades a brocade for a beautiful painting of a palace. She then spends years lovingly recreating the scene in brocade only...
| Author | Jacqueline K. Ogburn |
| ISBN | 0803726511 |
Love and honor can overcome even the fiercest obstacles, as we see in this spellbinding fairy tale, with shades of "Beauty and the Beast." To save her father, a young woman must go to the castle of a menacing lion. She fears for her life, but finds kindness rather than danger there, for the lion by day is a...
Well, I have modern sensibilities and could never get into Arthurian lore. But I loved Saint George and the Dragon by this team, and so I had to try this. Very glad I did. Not dumbed-down for kids, not updated for feminists, it is what it is. And it does set up the scene, tone, atmosphere, values... well enough...
| Author | E. Nesbit |
| ISBN | 0763607177 |
This delightful "modern" fairy tale describes the trials of a royal family beset with too many traditions from "historical" fairy tales. Borrowing themes from Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Melisande is a tale of traditional fairytale and mathematical logic. Unexpected things happen to characters...
| Author | Carol Otis Hurst |
| ISBN | 0060294035 |
Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst's father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, "You've got rocks in your head" and "There's no money in rocks." But year after year he kept on collecting, trading, displaying,...
| Author | Trinka Hakes Noble |
| ISBN | 1585362700 |
A frontier family loves their sweet apple tree. They live in the barn with their animals. That’s living close to nature. There is a huge blizzard before Christmas that takes down their wonderful apple tree and the girls are very sad. They spend much time playing in the tree. The girls end up having a good...
Catkin is a tiny cat given by the Wise Woman to protect the human child Carrie. One day Carrie is taken under the hill by the Little People. Sent to bring her back, Catkin finds his courage and cleverness tested to the full.
Antonia Barber's original story reads like a classic fairy tale. Rich with...
| Author | Mercer Mayer |
| ISBN | 0027653404 |
This version of the story has some interesting and different details. For one thing, the wicked fairy appears 3 times during the story, not just once. Some of the fairies have names, with the wicked fairy being the Blue Fairy, and the fairy who softens her curses being the Star Fairy. The first curse of...
| Author | Ruth Sanderson |
| ISBN | 0316769061 |
Please note that this review is written for my use as a librarian and may not appeal directly to readers. Please review at your own risk.
Accelerated Reader has this book listed as being for lower grades, or readers in K to 3rd grade. They also have listed that this read is worth 0.5 AR points.
Not...
The Boy Who Held Back the Sea
| Author | Thomas Locker |
| ISBN | 0140546138 |
Beautiful illustrations reminiscent of the Dutch masters. My only criticisms are that they never show the hole in the dike, meaning that children who are unfamiliar with the concept will have difficulty picturing it. Also, the text prefers to describe what characters said instead of having actual...
| Author | Lily Toy Hong |
| ISBN | 0807581577 |
After reading this book to my students, I will have them do an activity called Seeing Double. Students will be grouped with a partner. One student will roll one number cube. He/she will place the number rolled in the square on their Seeing Double activity sheet. Student will select that number of plastic...
