"Rapunzel" By: Paul O. Zelinsky

This book tells the story of Rapunzel, the classic fairytale that many of us grew up hearing in school, from parents, or other books. Most children's books that tell the story of Rapunzel leave out some of the darker details of the fairy tale. This book includes many of the details of the original fairy tale, but still keeping it appropriate for children. This is also an interesting version of the fairy tale because at the end of the story there are a few pages that describe the history of the story Rapunzel. It also talks about the various versions of the story Rapunzel. For example, one of the tales was, Petrosinella, which tells a tale like Rapunzel but instead the wife steals parsley from the witch's garden.
In addition to the interesting story of Rapunzel the illustrations in this book are very intricate and fun to look at. Even the end pages of this book are detailed pictures of the land in which the characters live. This book was arranged very well. Even the ISBN on the back of the book has an old paper background that fits the setting of the story. There are also many images of the rapunzel flowers throughout the story.
I think this book is very interesting and I can definitely see using it in my future classroom. I would probably use this when discussing the different versions of fairy tales. I think that this would be a great version to use because it isn't as sugar coated as other Rapunzel stories.