E.D. Baker(Bloomsbury Children’s Books) What if Sleeping Beauty wasn’t an only child? What if she had a younger sister whose only gift from the fairies was that she could not be touched by magic, and that in fact magic recoiled from her? Princess Annabelle has not had a great childhood; her family hold a distance …
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Rapunzel Week (5): The Fairytale Hairdresser
Abie Longstaff (text) & Lauren Beard (illustrations)(Random House Children’s Books) Meet Kitty Lacey, hairdresser extraordinaire with an array of famous clients: from Little Red to Thumbelina, and from the Beast to Father Christmas, they all come to visit when their hair needs a trim. But when she is called to a rather threatening-looking tower, she …
Rapunzel Week (4): Happy Ever-After: Rapunzel Cuts Loose
Tony Bradman (text) & Sarah Warburton (illustrations)(Orchard Books) It is Saturday morning at the palace and Rapunzel, who has married her prince, is feeling very blue. Saturday is wash-hair day. Prince Dynamo loves her long blonde locks (it reminds him of when they first met) but it takes 12 servants just to hold it, and …
Rapunzel Week (2): Rapunzel
Retold by Susanna Davidson, illustrated by Desideria Guicciardini(Usborne) This adaptation for newly-confident readers includes bold and simply text with lively comical and brightly-coloured illustrations. I really liked the 18th century feel to the story, specifically in the costumes. I know it is not unusual, but for some reason it really stood out for me!The strength …
Rapunzel Week (1): Rapunzel
Sarah Gibb(Harpercollins Children’s Books) This very book is what inspired me to do a Rapunzel week, alongside The Fairytale Hairdresser, which I will review later in the week. I bought this for my daughter as part as her Christmas Eve book bundle, having discovered Sarah Gibb via The Princess Who Had No Kingdom (to be …
Rapunzel Week
I know, it sounds weird, but hear me out! On Friday, Disney’s Tangled will be released and thousands of little British girls (and boys) will be going to watch it. And then hopefully, once they realise it is adapted from a traditional fairy tale, they will want the book! The problem is Disney has already overflowed the market with Tangled-related …