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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  KellyBryan | Dec 6, 2009 |  Good classic story, the illustrations were very artistic. Lots of color and detail. The storyline wasn't changed too much which I like. Great story for all and I am glad it is still being published with newer illustrations to enhance the story. (  ) linnaea44 | Dec 6, 2009 | There was a poor miller who had a daughter who could spin straw into gold. She stayed in a little room filled with straw and the king told her she had to spin it by tomorrow or it will be her life. So, she cried and cried then a little man came in the room and said he will help her if he could get her necklace in return. The king kept swapping her rooms filled with straw and the little man helped her everytime. Then at the end the king married her and she promised the little man that he would give her son to him for helping her the last time. She figured his name out and got to keep her son. amber85 | Nov 8, 2009 | Heartbreakingly beautiful illustrations by the wondrous Gennady Spirin. ( ) Morddel | Sep 27, 2009 | As most of you may know Rumpelstiltskin is about a daughter of a poor miller who told the king that her daughter can spin straw into gold. The king tells the woman spin all this straw into gold or I will kill you. A little man offers to help her several times, but asking for things in return. I really liked the illustrations in this book. I have read Rumpelstiltskin before but not by this particular author. I also really liked how it tells the history of the story in the back of the book. A good activity would be to read other traditional fantasy books and compare them. What they have incommon with each other and let the children come up with their own traditional fantasy book. I would make it a big book out of grocery bags and put it in our class library. carebear0811 | Sep 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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The visual characterization of Rumpelstiltskin is a triumph: an odd elfin man with bulbous eyes, a gigantic, flat black hat, impossibly skinny arms and legs, and long, pointed black shoes. This Rumpelstiltskin is not scary or horrid, but rather mischievous and weird. When the young queen finally guesses his name, and thus is able to keep her baby, he flies off on his huge cooking spoon (with a pout), true to the Grimms's 1819 version of the story. (Zelinsky provides notes on his text in the back of the book, indicating his careful research into various editions of the original Grimm tale.) Zelinsky's retelling is straightforward and smooth, with only a few lines of text on each page to complement the truly magnificent full-page illustrations. A delightful book worth its weight in gold! (Ages 3 to 7)
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You can introduce the Brothers Grimm in class and explain who the brothers were and why their fairy tales have remained classics. Have the students guess what other stories are from the Brothers Grimm. (