Straw Into Gold
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780618056019 (0618056017)
Publish date: April 23rd 2001
Publisher: Clarion, New York
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
After years of avoiding Rumpelstiltskin retellings while I worked on my own, it's been fun to read different interpretations of one of my top three favorite fairy tales. This book takes for its premise that the queen never guessed Rumpelstiltskin's name, so he ended up making off with her child. As ...
It’s Rumpelstilskin with a twist. What if the queen can’t find the quirky little man’s name and her baby gets taken away? I love telling the story of Rumpelstilskin and I will love retelling this version as it is twisted and yet as believable as the original, as things start to fall into place. T...
A very lackluster entry for the fairytale genre and as a continuation of the "Rumplestiltskin" story not at all notable. It took a new direction, which was laudable, but the characterization was hazy and the plot slow. I was deeply uninterested and would not recommend it.