Falling For Rapunzel

Leah Wilcox's first attempt at a children's picture book, Falling for Rapunzel, is a humorous rendition of the classic Rapunzel. This is a wonderful read a loud for children of all ages. Leah is a resident of Central Oregon and makes several appearances out our local schools. She does a magnificent job relating to the kids and sharing her writing process from idea to publisher. I believe this is important to our kids because it shows them how they can apply their writing skills to life. ( )

The best telling of Rapunzel I have ever read. Definitely has a funny twist. I love the cantaloupe part and the fact that she has a back door :) Also, I like that he fell for he maid (or, she fell for him) instead of Rapunzel like one would generally predict. Would be fun to have the kids guess what she's going to throw down after the prince makes his request. NEW FAVORITE! ( )

A clever twist on a well known fairy tale. A prince finds Rapunzel locked in a tower and wants to help her escape, but every time he yells to her she misunderstands him and throws down everything except her hair. When he shouts, "let down your braid", she throws down her maid instead. The prince and the maid fall in love at first sight and live happily ever after. ( )

I loved this book! What a great way to put a twist on an old classic! The Prince keeps asking for Rapunzel to let down her hair but she keeps mis-hearing him and sending down the wrong things. But the Prince does not give up, even though he gets covered with pancake batter and hit on the head with a melon! Finally he asks Rapunzel to let down her braid and she lets down her maid! But then, the Prince and the maid fall in love and ride off on his horse together. Also, there is a lot of fun rhymning and the book flows effortlessly. ( )

This is a story about a prince coming to Rapunzel's window asking to throe down her hair but she miss hears him every time and throws down the one thing. One time he says let down your braid and she throws down her maid. The prince falls in love for the maid and they ride away. ( )