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Rumpelstiltskin (Well-Loved Tales)

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Paul O. Zelinsky

4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 · rating details · 6,945 ratings · 313 reviews

Richly hued oil paintings complement a story simply and gracefully told. "Children...love the story for its mystery, and its familiarity. Adults will find that, like most classic fairy tales, this one rewards periodic rethinking." --New York Times Book Review "Zelinsky's smooth retelling and glowing pictures cast the story in a new and beautiful light." -- School Library J...more

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Published September 1st 1996 by Puffin (first published 1986)

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Sep 17, 2009 Chandra rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: picture-books, fairy-and-folk-tales

Rumpelstiltskin is for me one of the more unsettling fairy tales. And it's strange because on the surface it's not overtly violent or gruesome like so many of the tales. What gets me is that every single man in the story treats the unnamed miller's daughter like complete garbage. Her father uses her as a pawn to advance him own interests. The king values her only for the gold she spins. And Rumpelstiltskin himself is just a greedy opportunist. What on earth does he want with that baby anyway?? T...more

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Mar 18, 2012 L12_tomj rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: traditional-literature

Paul Galdone's interpretation of the Rumpelstiltskin fable is much more explicit in telling young readers how Miller's daughter came to her prediament; her father made a boast: "I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold." Other characters motivations and actions are laid out in more detail. The king wants to marry the miller's daughter, and Rumpelstiltskin although just as nefariously greedy as always does allow the new queen three days to guess his real name. More plot details are revealed...more Paul Galdone's interpretation of the Rumpelstiltskin fable is much more explicit in telling young readers how Miller's daughter came to her prediament; her father made a boast: "I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold." Other characters motivations and actions are laid out in more detail. The king wants to marry the miller's daughter, and Rumpelstiltskin although just as nefariously greedy as always does allow the new queen three days to guess his real name. More plot details are revealed in Galdone's version of the story; the King and Rumpelstiltskin are seen plotting together on page to extract gold from the miller's daughter, and now crowned queen sends a messenger who overhears Rumpelstiltskin bragging about his new found wealth and saying his name out loud. The Miller's daughter, acts like she doesn't know the little troll's name, but she does. The ending is the same with Rumpelstiltskin's greed and brash mouth getting the best of him. He stomps both his feet and soon vanishes from sight.

Paul Galdone appears to have both written and illustrated the story, but it would seem that the story would have worked better with another illustrator. The drawings have a cartoon like simplicity of line and color to them. The reader is transported more to an ABC television special than the medieval period. Rumpelstiltskin, the king, and even the father still conspire and use the Miller's daughters for their own greedy ends, but the sketches are much too innocent looking. The characters aren't drawn in scary ways to match their sinister schemes. This is a big drawback. The writing does fill in some details in the story, but it seems more intent in its explicit retelling to force feeding the young reader the storyline. There isn't much interpretive room for a teacher of 4th grade students to look at the drawings and storyline and extract as many themes or symbols via the drawings or leaving space in the writing for the reader to respond to the text which is unfortunate. Paul Galdone's version of Rumpelstiltskin was written in 1985, and this doesn't seem to be a book that many publishers will republish or teacher pick up to reread in 20 or 40 years.(less)
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L12_tomj Paul Galdone's interpretation of the Rumpelstiltskin fable is much more explicit in telling young readers how Miller's daughter came to her prediament...more Paul Galdone's interpretation of the Rumpelstiltskin fable is much more explicit in telling young readers how Miller's daughter came to her prediament; her father made a boast: "I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold." Other characters motivations and actions are laid out in more detail. The king wants to marry the miller's daughter, and Rumpelstiltskin although just as nefariously greedy as always does allow the new queen three days to guess his real name. More plot details are revealed in Galdone's version of the story; the King and Rumpelstiltskin are seen plotting together on page to extract gold from the miller's daughter, and now crowned queen sends a messenger who overhears Rumpelstiltskin bragging about his new found wealth and saying his name out loud. The Miller's daughter, acts like she doesn't know the little troll's name, but she does. The ending is the same with Rumpelstiltskin's greed and brash mouth getting the best of him. He stomps both his feet and soon vanishes from sight.

Paul Galdone appears to have both written and illustrated the story, but it would seem that the story would have worked better with another illustrator. The drawings have a cartoon like simplicity of line and color to them. The reader is transported more to an ABC television special than the medieval period. Rumpelstiltskin, the king, and even the father still conspire and use the Miller's daughters for their own greedy ends, but the sketches are much too innocent looking. The characters aren't drawn in scary ways to match their sinister schemes. This is a big drawback. The writing does fill in some details in the story, but it seems more intent in its explicit retelling to force feeding the young reader the storyline. There isn't much interpretive room for a teacher of 4th grade students to look at the drawings and storyline and extract as many themes or symbols via the drawings or leaving space in the writing for the reader to respond to the text which is unfortunate. Paul Galdone's version of Rumpelstiltskin was written in 1985, and this doesn't seem to be a book that many publishers will republish or teacher pick up to reread in 20 or 40 years.(less)
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Feb 08, 2010 MissDziura rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: traditional-literature

Paul Galdone's traditional version of Rumpelstiltskin was published in 1985, and is most approriate for readers in 2nd and 3rd grade. As opposed to other version read, this holds true to the original version, even including the gender stereotypes first written by the Brothers Grimm. Unlike other contemporary versions in which the miller's daughther protests when she is told she must give up her first born, Galdone's girl obliges to the whims of the little, mysterious man. Probably the most inter...more

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Oct 14, 2009 (NS) Amie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: traditional-literature

In this traditional tale by the Brothers Grimm, a miller's daughter is asked to do the unthinkable by the king- spin straw into gold by the morning's light or she will die. When a strange little man comes to help her the first night, she gives him her beaded necklace, the second night, her ring, and on the third night she promises her firstborn child in exchange for his help. The miller's daughter is made queen because of her talent, has a baby and forgets all about the strange little man until...more

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Jun 14, 2013 Shawn Thrasher rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Galdone version and the Zelinksy version are almost the same story, down to the dialogue, with a slight variation here and there (Rumpelstiltskin's demise at the end, for example). The two versions were written and illustrated about a year apart; Galdone's feels like Papa Smurf should be hiding around the corner (or Gargamel is his name, rather than Rumpelstiltskin); Zelinsky's feels more like Renaissance portraiture. The story itself is as folklore disturbing at its very best. The girl at t...more

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May 05, 2013 Michele Stephenson rated it 4 of 5 stars

I chose the book Rumpelstiltskin for a traditional tale assignment.

This tale shows greed, as well as good and bad in the characters. The story depicts a husband and wife who brags to a King that their daughter can spin straw into gold, as we all know, this is a impossible task. As with traditional tales the magical number three appears when the King locks his wife in the room for three nights and demands that she spins straw into gold. Magically, a little man appears and the wife trades him the...more

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Feb 28, 2013 Erica Rhodes added it · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-books, fairy-tales

A beautiful telling of a classic tale. I love how the final page of the book tells about the evolution of the story through the years, and how he selected and blended the stories for this particular telling. It gives the story even greater depth.

This story is an all-time classic about a funny little man who saves the day for the miller's daughter. For a very young child it is a beautiful story with beautiful graphics. For an older child it's fun to dissect the story. Rumpelstiltskin shows kindne...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-materials-for-children, zelinsky-paul

One of the aspects of this particular re-telling that I enjoyed was the note on the text at the end. When I read this story, it had been a VERY long time since I had read or heard the story at all, so I could not really tell what parts of the text were different from others I had read long ago. The note on the text in the back provides a quick summation of the evolution of the story, and how Zelinsky came to the text he uses in the work.
I also enjoyed the story and pictures themselves. The pict...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Andrea rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: caldecott-award, picture-book, traditional-lit

In a Caldecott-winning picture book of the traditional story Rumpelstiltskin, Paul Zelinsky is both illustrator and storyteller in this piece that holds true to the classic German piece published by the Brothers Grimm. The illustrations are beautiful--very detailed and rich with color and texture. Rumpelstiltskin's character is slightly creepy looking for a younger audience, but he may appear as a bit more entertaining for an older reader. What struck me most about this book is "A Note on the Te...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: birth-to-5-years, caldecott, children, mythology-and-folktales, picture-books

Done in the same late medieval/Early Renaissance style and setting as his book "Rapunzel", the reteller/illustrator creates the gorgeous artwork by using oil paints over watercolors. The miller's daughter (who has no name even though she is the heroine of the book) has her life decided by three men: her boastful father, a greedy king and a little man named Rumpelstiltskin. In this version, she must spin three rooms worth of straw into gold, each bigger than the last. She manages to do this with...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Jessica Westerman rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: traditional-literature

The story is about a poor miller with a beautiful daughter. He wanted to impress the king, so he told him his daughter could make gold out of straw. He was very impressed and locked her in a room with straw and a wheel. He gave her the night to turn all of it into gold or she would die the next morning. To her surprise, a little man came and helped her turn all the straw into gold, for a price.
The next few days the king made the girl turn the straw into gold. On the last night, he told her tha...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Peyton Badger rated it 4 of 5 stars

Rumplestiltskin by Paul Zelinsky is a tale of a woman who is ordered by a king to spin gold thread. Her father boasted that she had such a talent when really she did not. The king said that if she did not make the room full of hay into gold, then she would lose her life. She wept thinking it could not be done when a tiny man appears. She gives him a necklace and he makes the gold thread. The king puts her into a larger room. The small man appears, she gives him a ring and he makes the gold thre...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Cherry rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love the story, text on one side and illustrations over lapped onto the next. This book was about a poor millers daughter having to spin gold for the king, otherwise she would die. She could not spin thread into gold till she met this little cunning man. For each help, the little man named rumplestiltskin proposes a deal, and I must say this man comes off as a scary man to make deals with. The last time he helps, in return when the lady becomes queen, he ask's for her first born child. Not wan...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Raenie Brown rated it 5 of 5 stars

The high rating is truly based a lot on the illustrations in this book. There is so much to look at in this book and truly fits the time period that the story is taking place in. This story is good to show the constituencies of telling a lie. However it also show cases problem solving skills as well, and teaches a true lesson. There was a miller who lied to the king by saying his daughter cld spin straw into gold. Driven by his greed the kind takes her and puts her in a room filled with straw an...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Melissa Gross added it

First of all, I think the obvious message in this book is DONT LIE! If the miller had never told the king that his daughter could spin straw in to gold then they never would have gotten in this mess in the first place, but then I guess we wouldn't have a story, so I guess in this book its ok. The fact that a small little man can fix all your problems if you pay him is just a weird concept to teach young children. Fast forwarding to the end, it also sends the message that if you have enough serva...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Jessica Williams added it

The story is about a poor Miller with a beautiful daughter. The Miller told the King that his daughter could spin straw to gold but she could not do so. The king took the daughter to the castle and demanded that she spin all his straw to gold or she would die. The Miller’s daughter began to cry she could not spin straw to gold. A Few seconds later she met a tiny man that would help her with her problem for a small gift. He was able to spin the straw to gold and left on his way. The King demanded...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars

"Rumpelstiltskin" is about a millers daughter who is brought to the king under the false pretense that she can spin straw into gold. The king told her that if she did not spin all of his straw into gold by the next morning that she would have to die. The girl sat in the room bewildered and began to weep for she could not spin straw into gold. Just when she had lost hope, a small man came into the room and offered to spin the straw into gold if she offered him something. She offered him her neckl...more "Rumpelstiltskin" is about a millers daughter who is brought to the king under the false pretense that she can spin straw into gold. The king told her that if she did not spin all of his straw into gold by the next morning that she would have to die. The girl sat in the room bewildered and began to weep for she could not spin straw into gold. Just when she had lost hope, a small man came into the room and offered to spin the straw into gold if she offered him something. She offered him her necklace and he spun all of the straw into gold by the next morning. The king was very pleased in the morning, but it was short lived because he got greedy and ordered her to spin an even greater amount of straw into gold the by the next morning. This time the little man offered to spin it for her for the ring off her finger. The next morning the king came in and made the final offer that if she could spin an even greater amount of straw into gold by the next day that he would make her his wife. This time the girl had nothing left to offer the little man so she promised that when she became queen, her first child would belong to this man. A year later when the millers daughter who was now queen had her first child, the little man came back to claim his prize. She pleaded with the man until he came up with a proposition: if she could correctly guess his name in three days then she could keep her child. The queen recited every name she knew for two days in a row to which the man only replied "That is not my name." In the queen's desperation to keep her child she sent her servant to the woods to find the man before the final day. When the servant found him he was chanting by the fire "I brew my beer, I bake my loaves. And soon the queen's own son I'll claim. O lucky me! For no one knows, Rumpelstiltskin is my name!" The servant brought this message back to the queen so that when Rumpelstiltskin arrived the final day, the queen correctly guessed his name and kept her child.

This book is not only popular for its originality and unique storyline, but for its amazing illustrations as well. Unlike most children's book these illustrations are very realistic. Using a great amount of detail and color, the illustrations seem to represent the painting style of the Renaissance era, using oil paints over watercolor underpainting. They also portray a kingdom with landscapes and characters wearing clothing that would fit into the Renaissance era. Although young children would enjoy the story, the writing may be a little bit difficult for them to read alone. I would recommend this to children in grades 2-5. Some lessons that could be done with this book are to choose some challenging vocabulary words for students to define before the story is read and to have the students write a different ending to the story.(less)

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Sep 10, 2012 Carissa M rated it 4 of 5 stars

"Rumpelstiltskin" by Paul O. Zelinsky is a story of the Miller's daughter who can spin straw into "gold". The Miller told the King a lie about his daughter, the King expects to spin his straw into gold for he is a greedy king and loves gold. A little man helps the daughter to spin the straw and she is able to keep her life. The King marries the Miller's daughter after spinning his straw into gold three times. The little man asks of gifts from the Miller's daughter each time, and the last time he...more

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Nov 08, 2011 Traci rated it 5 of 5 stars

"Rumpelstiltskin" is retold by Paul Zelinsky, who adapted the tale from the Grimm stories. In this classic fairy tale of a miller's daughter who must spin straw into gold. She cannot complete the task and a little man appears and asks for something in return for him spinning the straw into gold. This continues until she has run out of trinkets. The little man asks for the girl's first born child after she marries the king and she complies. When the child is born the little man returns for the ch...more "Rumpelstiltskin" is retold by Paul Zelinsky, who adapted the tale from the Grimm stories. In this classic fairy tale of a miller's daughter who must spin straw into gold. She cannot complete the task and a little man appears and asks for something in return for him spinning the straw into gold. This continues until she has run out of trinkets. The little man asks for the girl's first born child after she marries the king and she complies. When the child is born the little man returns for the child, but then allows the queen three days to guess his name in order to keep her child. On the third day the queen discovers the man's name, Rumpelstiltskin, and she is able to keep her son.

This has always been one of my favorite fairy tales because good triumphs over evil in the end. This book was a Caldecott honor, and after looking through the illustrations in the book it is easy to see why. They are beautifully drawn with gorgeous colors and details. The images are not full bleed on any page, but have a white border around them. As I read this book I almost imagined myself looking in on this world because of the borders. I typically like full-bleeds, but the border images work well here. While the story is from the Grimm tales, the illustrations add to the text as Zelinshy illustrated them as well. The text would work without the images, but the images allow the reader to better understand the story and what is going on. In this situation the text and illustrations work hand in hand to tell the story.

Looking further at the book itself the cover showcases Rumpelstiltskin working the straw into gold. The image here is almost a full bleed if it wasn't for the brown edge at the left of the image. The title is showcased at the bottom in red, fancy text. The back cover has a tan stone appearance and what seems to be a coin on the floor with Rumpel's face on the coin (mimicking real currency). The end pages are quite fascinating when you study them. The front end page has a view of the town and a pathway on the left side of the page, that one is about to enter the story. The back end pages have the same scene but it is flipped. The pathway is on the right side of the page, as if one is leaving the scene. The title page is very simple, just a white page with the title of the book in black text. The secondary title page has Rumpel lying nonchalant on a banister and is bordered with pillars. As I continually look through this book I am amazed at the detail and the powerful stories that the Grimm brothers brought to literature.
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Nov 07, 2011 Nichole Petteruti rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is so intriguing, yet so weird at the same time. As a child I remember really liking this story, but now I realize how the story was actually quite sexist and all of the men in the story treated the girl (I believe her name is Lisa) very poorly. The basic plot of the story is that the girl's father lies to the king and says that his daughter can spin straw into gold to try and impress him. The king takes her and locks her away and says that she must spin all of the straw into gold or e...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Sarah Murray rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was one of the books on the NY top 100 picture books that i used to be obsessed with as a child. I loved the concept of magic in picture books. I was trying to think of a possible message for this story. Perhaps this story could result in how bragging could get the best of people and it's not right to put your hopes up so high on something that cant be promised to the fullest. The girl tried to fool Rumplestilskin to get her out of the horrible fate she had of her death from the king. In th...more

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Aug 05, 2011 Shelley rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am a big fan of short stories and Rumplestiltskin and Other Grimm Tales fit into this bill. Of course, they are stereotypically gender biased. Poor dumb miller's daughter gets sold into the kings hands by her sorry and greedy father. He tells the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. Well if she was so good at that, why did he turn her over to the king? Would he not have rather hidden her away and made her spin for HIM? The king should have asked a few more questions but you know ho...more

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Apr 04, 2011 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars

Rumpelstiltskin is any fairytale you may be familar with. It is pretty strange in the way that it talks about a miller's daughter dying if she does'y complete a task that is asked of her and stealing a baby. Overall, the way in which the text was written was quite simple and did not really provide any detail which could allow the reader's mind to wonder; it was just straight to the point. As for the illustrations, by looking at the cover the story does not really seems to be warm and welcoming a...more

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Mar 10, 2011 Laura Mincey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fairy-tales

This is one of my favorite fairy tales of ALL TIME. Rumpelstilskin tells the story of the young maiden whose father is a greedy miller and gets her to weave straw that turns into gold. However, when she discovers she cannot do this, the mysterious Rumplestilskin helps her complete the task. The maiden is tricked when Rumpelstilskin demands all of her possessions for the gold straw, including her baby. Finally, she figures out his funny name and she and her baby are set free! This particular vers...more

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Feb 25, 2011 Logan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: folktale-fairytale, picture-book

The Renaissance-style oil paintings in this book were amazing; they really made the story. Brilliant colors, interesting perspectives, expressive faces, and evocative historic details of architecture and clothes. The text is true to the Grimm version but kind of boring, so the paintings were crucial to give the story sparkle. Logan, who is almost 7, has asked me many questions since about the nature of Rumplestiltskin: Was he evil? Was he a witch (due to flying on a wooden spoon)? Why did he wan...more

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Apr 18, 2010 Ronyell rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-books, cult-classic, drama, fairy-tales-folktales, fantasy, picture-books, reading-rainbow-book, reviewed-books, ronyell-s-epinions-reviews, surreal, paul-o-zelinsky, german-books, caldecott-honor, read-in-2010

This version of “Rumpelstiltskin” is a new version of the classic Brothers Grimm tale that is rewritten by Paul O. Zelinsky and has won the prestigious Caldecott Honor award. Everyone who knows the story of “Rumpelstiltskin” knows that this book is about how a small man helps a miller’s daughter with her predicament, but the small man wants a heavy price for his services. “Rumpelstiltskin” may be a bit too scary for younger children, but older children will definitely enjoy this version of the c...more This version of “Rumpelstiltskin” is a new version of the classic Brothers Grimm tale that is rewritten by Paul O. Zelinsky and has won the prestigious Caldecott Honor award. Everyone who knows the story of “Rumpelstiltskin” knows that this book is about how a small man helps a miller’s daughter with her predicament, but the small man wants a heavy price for his services. “Rumpelstiltskin” may be a bit too scary for younger children, but older children will definitely enjoy this version of the classic Brothers Grimm tale.

Paul O. Zelinsky’s writing and illustrations contribute greatly to the story’s tension as the miller’s daughter tries to save herself from being put to death by the king and then from allowing the little man to take her child. Paul O. Zelinsky makes the story extremely intense and dramatic as he puts death and child kidnapping as the main themes of the story and he brilliant makes his writing dramatic during the scenes of the miller’s daughter being threatened with death and during the threat that the little man poses to her when he tries to take her baby. Paul O. Zelinsky’s illustrations are extremely vivid and beautiful as they capture the beauty of the Renaissance period such as illustrating the miller’s daughter in an old fashioned red dress that captures her beauty. Also, Paul O. Zelinsky has done a magnificent job at making the characters facial expressions extremely realistic, especially during the scenes where the miller’s daughter has a shocked look on her face when Rumpelstiltskin proposed to her that she should give up her child to save her life.

“Rumpelstiltskin” is a great classic story from the Brothers Grimm and will greatly help parents and children discuss about the importance of avoiding strangers and to be polite around other people. I would recommend this book to children ages six and up due to themes of child kidnapping and death threats made by the king.

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Mar 16, 2010 Baylee Washburn rated it 3 of 5 stars

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In this retelling of the traditional story of Rumpelstiltskin, a strange little man agrees to spin large amounts of straw into gold for a young woman who agrees to give him her first born child in return. Vibrantly colored illustrations fill the pages of this picture book. These illustrations are very detailed and realistic. The images portray the characters and setting in very natural forms and do not exaggerate certain details to the point that the illustrations looks their life-like appearanc...more

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Oct 22, 2009 NSAndrew Liebergen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: traditional

Paul O. Zelinsky, 1998 Caldecott medalist for Rapunzel, also has three Caldecott Honor Books under his belt: Hansel and Gretel, Swamp Angel, and this fine edition of Rumpelstiltskin. Zelinsky's oil paintings are perfectly suited to the strange saga of the little man with the secret name who knows how to spin straw into gold. The golden light infusing the late medieval setting subtly reinforces the theme.
The visual characterization of Rumpelstiltskin is a triumph: an odd elfin man with bulbous ey...more

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Nov 25, 2012 Linda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: classic, historical-fiction

When a miller convinces the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, the king seizes the opportunity and captures her. Every evening a little man saves her by magically spinning the gold and getting jewelry in return, and by morning the king is satisfied and let her live. The third night she has nothing left to give, and he wants her unborn child in return for helping her. In her miserable state, she accepts, and when the time comes, she obviously doesn't want to give away her child. He...more

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Oct 20, 2011 Lindsay rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: traditional-literature

I really enjoyed Paul O. Zelinsky's retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. I especially enjoyed the thorough two page note on the text. Zelinksky goes into great detail of the history of the folktale. He shares the history of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collecting folktales in the early 1800's including Rumpenstunzchen as well as the first publication of the tale in 1812. The tale has gone through various revisions throughout the different editions, but Zelinsky states that his book is based principally off...more

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Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, German philologist, jurist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental German Dictionary, his Deutsche Mythologie and more popularly, with his brother Wilhelm, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

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