![]() ![]() But all pay the piper and so earn their happy endings. Rapunzel's mother covets the witch's garden greens the father steals them Rapunzel trysts with the prince in the tower and later, cast out, bears two children by him the prince is a stealthy Don Juan. The text is a little bumpy, but the story is all there-a peculiar one, really, when you stop to consider that the witch, alone among all the "good" characters, is without guile. ![]() ![]() They did a nice job it's handsomely produced. Rapunzel is one of the Grimms' best-known folk tales and this version, retold and illustrated by Jutta Ash, was printed in Italy. Two are retellings, one a translation, one original, and one a mini-biography -a nicely mixed bouquet for summer reading, and looking. Here are five picture books, all illustrated by their authors, each with its own flavor, and all set in countries other than America.
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