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Falling for Rapunzel
The prince is hoping to fall for Rapunzel, but since she can't quite hear what he asks for, everything but her hair gets tossed out her window. Instead of her curly locks, she throws her dirty socks. Instead of silky tresses, out go lacey dresses. And you can predict the guaranteed-to-crack-kids-up clothing she sends down when the prince simply says hair. . . .
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Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
December 29th 2003
by Putnam Juvenile
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This updated "fractured fairy tale" of Rapunzel had my first grade students laughing hysterically. They enjoyed the repetitive misunderstanding of Rapunzel as she throws down her "dirty socks" instead of her "curly locks" or her "underwear" in stead of her hair. As a teacher, I liked how I could use the book as a way to get the children to make predictions using rhyme. As a woman, I liked how Rapunzel never wanted or needed to be rescued as the princ...more
In this crazy mixed up tale of Rapunzel the prince ends up with more then he bargains for. The distance from the tower that Rapunzel is in, to the ground where the prince is leads to some miscommunication.
Rapunzel is just like every other girl even though she is a princess, so children will relate to the bad hair day. The rhyming words in this book would be great to get students to learn what rhyming words are. When the prince says to Rapunzel to let down her hair she instead hear...more
Rapunzel is just like every other girl even though she is a princess, so children will relate to the bad hair day. The rhyming words in this book would be great to get students to learn what rhyming words are. When the prince says to Rapunzel to let down her hair she instead hear...more
I don't read a lot these days, but I read more than you might conclude, given my dearth of ratings/reviews. I don't much like assigning a number rating. But since the kids and I have discovered some great picture books in recent years, I thought I'd share a number of titles that we've enjoyed. Some are definite five star books for us, some definite four star books, and many fall somewhere inbetween or might get one rating from me on a given day and another on a different day. I won't include ...more
Wilcox, Leah, and Lydia Monks. Falling for Rapunzel. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Print.
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Falling for Rapunzel is a story with a humorous twist of the classic Rapunzel fairytale, where a princess lives up in a tower and a prince has come to her “rescue.” Every time the prince asks Rapunzel to throw down her hair, she cannot hear him clearly so she begins tossing random items out her window. The entire story is told in rhymes, maki...more
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Falling for Rapunzel is a story with a humorous twist of the classic Rapunzel fairytale, where a princess lives up in a tower and a prince has come to her “rescue.” Every time the prince asks Rapunzel to throw down her hair, she cannot hear him clearly so she begins tossing random items out her window. The entire story is told in rhymes, maki...more
I don't got anything to say about it if I didn't like. I just don't like it. It's not the real Rapunzel book.
Told in rhyming couplets, Leah Wilcox's fractured fairy-tale takes the classic story of Rapunzel and turns it on its head. When a prince happens upon Rapunzel's tower and hears her weeping, he mistakes her chagrin at a bad hair day for true misfortune, and sets out to rescue her. But his efforts are baffled at every turn, as Rapunzel misunderstands his requests, throwing down underwear instead of hair, socks rather than locks, and so on. Eventually she does throw down something the prince wants,...more
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The illustrations in this book are definitely random and bright, but give the book a fun appeal. It is cool how she switches mediums from using fabrics to drawing the rest of the picture with acrylic paints. The words are comedic and bring a more realistic view on the classic fairy tale, with it starting with a bad hair day. Her rhyming schemes are entertaining to say the least, and clever how she changes the phrase of, throw down your hair, on each page. The difference in words could teach voca...more
Falling for Rapunzel is a cute twist on the Rapunzel story. Instead of the helpless maiden, we have a maiden with a bad hair day. When the prince hears her crying over her hair, he tries to save her, asking her to throw down something to let him climb up to rescue her. She doesn't understand him and sends down everything from socks (locks) to underwear (hair). She sends down her maid when he tells her to let down her braid, and the fairy tale ending comes true...just not the typical way.
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I thought this rendition of Rapunzel was clever and entertaining. The rhymes used in the book feel natural and also teach children new words. The ending of the story (and quite possibly the entire story) would probably make fairytale traditionalists cringe, but I think that's what helps make the story so fun. The illustrations are quirky and due to Rapunzel's hearing problem the book, as a whole, is humorous.
Sweet, silly collage and guess-the-next-gag rhyme turn the traditional tale of tossed tresses into a merry carousel of misunderstanding and matchmaking.
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This is a marvelous read-aloud laugh-out-loud book. The rhymes and illustrations are hysterically funny and appeal to both the very young and young at heart. It kept the attention of even the youngest in my audience and had every child giggling and pointing. Quite a contrast to the original, even if the telling is adapted for a younger audience. This is a book I will read again for storytime and it will never get old!
In this clever (& funny) version of Rapunzel, she has a little trouble hearing the prince from up in her tower. While he continues to ask her to throw down her hair, she keeps completing various funny tasks instead. In a very clever twist, at the end the prince does not end up with rapunzel, but with her maid and everyone is happy about it!
This is a great illustrated story of a little communication problem between Rapunzel and the prince. For example he asks her to throw down her curly locks, but she tosses down her dirty socks. In the end someone lives happily ever after so how much more can you want?
Read it several times of course even though it is not really that complicated.
Read it several times of course even though it is not really that complicated.
Genre: Fairy Tale (fractured)
This is a cute variation of the traditional Rapunzel story in which Rapunzel is a bit hard of hearing. Every time the prince asks her to throw down her hair she doesn't quite hear him correctly and throws down some unexpected things. There is a surprise twist at the end.
This is a cute variation of the traditional Rapunzel story in which Rapunzel is a bit hard of hearing. Every time the prince asks her to throw down her hair she doesn't quite hear him correctly and throws down some unexpected things. There is a surprise twist at the end.
I read this today while I was waiting for my practicum to start. I thought it was cute how the story did not follow the typical damsel in distress rescued by a prince storyline. It was fun to see what words would ryhme as the story went along. I liked the happy ending all around at the end as well.
Oh dear...Rapunzel has difficulty hearing the prince's pleas to her and in a comedy of errors throws everything from underwear to her own maid down from her tower at him. Children who are familiar with the true story of Rapunzel will really get a hoot out of this book (and those who aren't will still find the princess' lack of understanding amusing). This was another book that my audience requested twice this week!
We made an impromptu stop at the library on monday night and the person who had picked the books that went on the children's table had very good taste. We loved this book! my boys even liked it, though I don't think that they would tell you that if you asked them--a princess book? NEVER!!!!
Miss C has been belly laughing for 3 days as we read this book, especially when the hard-of-hearing Rapunzel dumps pancake batter on the unsuspecting prince. She can barely catch her breath at that part because how funny is pancake batter! Dripping down a prince's head! Pretttty funny. Three days funny.
A Prince wants Rapunzel to let down her long hair, but Rapunzel is a bit hard of hearing. Or rather, she throws down anything but her hair to the prince, thanks to her hearing an item that rhymes with the Prince's request. Way too cute and funny with wonderful illustrations. Like Waking Beauty, the pictures add to the story's humor.
Rapunzel is still stuck in her tower. But when a handsome prince arrives to try to rescue her, there seems to be something lost in translation as these two repeatedly mishear each other.
A great read aloud for storytimes. Sure to keep the kids rolling with laughter!
A great read aloud for storytimes. Sure to keep the kids rolling with laughter!
I loved this book! It's a fun twist to the story of Rapunzel, where she ends up not being able to understand the prince and ends up throwing down lots of random things to him instead of her hair. It's told in fun rhyming, and has a really cute ending. I enjoyed it.
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I don't read a lot of children's books (because I don't have children), but this book was written by the daughter of one of my current students, and she just loaned it to me. I LOVE this book and would strongly recommend it to anyone who has "picture book age" children.
In it, Rapunzel mishears when the prince tells her to let down her hair and throws down her underwear, dirty socks, and, at last, her maid (with whom the prince happily runs off). We all knew that handsome ...more
In it, Rapunzel mishears when the prince tells her to let down her hair and throws down her underwear, dirty socks, and, at last, her maid (with whom the prince happily runs off). We all knew that handsome ...more
Five big fat stars! :-)
We laughed our way through this one. A prince tries to rescue Rapunzel but from way up in the tower she has a hard time hearing him. Much hilarity follows as Rapunzel tosses down just about everything but her hair.
We laughed our way through this one. A prince tries to rescue Rapunzel but from way up in the tower she has a hard time hearing him. Much hilarity follows as Rapunzel tosses down just about everything but her hair.
I know it is a great book, when it makes me laugh out loud. This picture book did just that :). A fractured fairy tale about Rapunzel, she keeps misunderstanding what the prince is asking her to do, throwing all kinds of strange things out the window to him. It ends with a fun and lighthearted twist - I loved it!
title: Falling for Rapunzel (traditional fantasy)
author: Leah Wilcox
illustrator: Lydia Monks
publishers: A division of penguin young readers
date: 2003
summary: this book was a cute version of Rapunzel. It rhymes the whole time. I loved it!
author: Leah Wilcox
illustrator: Lydia Monks
publishers: A division of penguin young readers
date: 2003
summary: this book was a cute version of Rapunzel. It rhymes the whole time. I loved it!
A funny re-telling of Rapunzel. She can't understand what the prince is saying to her so instead of throwing down her hair she throws down her underwear. In the end she throws down her maid and the prince marries her.
Traditional Fantasy
Traditional Fantasy
This book is really cute. Rapunzel can't hear what the prince is saying so she keeps throwing down the wrong items. Example: instead of throwing down a ladder, she throws down pancake batter. Ellie laughs out loud when I read it.
I don't usually review children's books, but this one was great! Rapunzel has always been my favorite fairy tale...my mom read it to me zillions of times...I was destined to like this...and I will be buying it for our book collection!
This is a funny book with many rhyming words. Rapunzel throws things that rhyme with what the prince says not hearing him right. This book is good for a kindergarden read alouds and the illustrations make it very kid friendly book.
This is one of our very favorites. If I could give it 6 stars, I would. It is a creative re-telling of Rapunzel that makes everyone laugh and finds the prince more beset with woe instead of the maiden in the tower.
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