Variations on Favorite Stories

"A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch."

A beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

A retelling of the traditional tale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

In this version of Rapunzel, the heroine breaks the enchantment put on her by the ogress who keeps her prisoner with the aid of three acorns.

A retelling of the traditional tale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

A lovely girl is raised by a witch and rescued by a handsome prince.

Beautiful Rapunzel is locked away in a tall, tall tower, visited only by the little creatures of the forest and the witch who has imprisoned her. Until one day a handsome prince, passing by on his horse, is transfixed by the magical sound of Rapunzel singing to her animals friends and knows he must reach her... Can true love transform Rapunzel's life forever?

"A version of the folktale Rapunzel, set in the Caribbean."

"A take-off, in rap style, on the story of a girl with long hair who is imprisoned by a witch."

"With irreverent humor and striking illustrations, the creator of Little Red puts an empowering and delightfully dark twist on a classic story of a helpless damsel."

"A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress."

"Readers build their own pulley system to help Rapunzel avoid having her hair pulled."

"Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by towering walls. Rapunzel dreams of a different mother than Gothel, the woman she calls Mother. She climbs over the wall and finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate, is a slave in Gothel's gold mine. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws--including Gothel."

"In this updated version of the Grimm fairy tale, Rapunzel has flaming red hair and is kept imprisoned by her Aunt Esme, a heartless school cafeteria worker, in a tenement apartment with a broken elevator".

A retelling of the familiar tale on p. 201

A retelling of the classic fairytale on p. 26

A retelling of Rapunzel on p. 48

A "politically correct" retelling of Rapunzel on p. 23

A retelling of the traditional tale on p. 16

"The Tower and the Bird" begins on p. 1

A retelling of the classic fairy tale on p. 132

A comic book style retelling of Rapunzel on page 135.