Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

Traditional/Folk Literature 1490 Comments

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A pregnant woman craves some rapunzel from a sorceress’s garden.  Her husband gets her some, but it costs him his unborn child.  The sorceress raises young Rapunzel; when Rapunzel is put into a tower with no doors when she is 12.  A prince falls in love with her and gets into the tower using her hair.  When she ends up pregnant, the sorceress banishes her to the wilderness and blinds her prince.  Eventually the prince finds his bride and their 2 children.

This book is a Caldecott Medal Award Winner.