Surely among the most original and gifted of children's book illustrators, Paul O. Zelinsky has once again with unmatched emotional authority, control of space, and narrativecapability brought forth a unique vision for an age-old tale. Few artists at work today can touch the level at which his paintings tell a story and exert their hold.Zelinsky's retelling of Rapunzel reaches back beyond the Grimms to a late-seventeenth-century French tale by Mlle. la Force, who based hers on the Neapolitan tale Petrosinella in a collection popular at the time. The artist understands the story's fundamentals to be about possessiveness, confinement, and separation, rather than ..

Adult and child can delight together in the richness of color, gilt and detail...captured in such art. The story is palinly and gracefully told.--The New York Times Book Review A lush and substantial offering. -- Booklist ..

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 Journal ..

Award winning author adapter illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky's Caldecott Medal Winning book Perfect for readers of all fairy tales. A breathtaking interpretation gives the fairy tale new art-historical roots, with illustrations that daringly-and effectively-mimic the masters of Italian Renaissance painting.--Publishers Weekly Trapped in a tower with no door, Rapunzel is allowed to see no one but the sorceress who has imprisoned her-until the day a young prince hears her singing to the forest birds. . . . The timeless tale of Rapunzel is vividly and magnificently brought to life through Paul O. Zelinsky's powerful sense of narrative and his stunning oil paintin ..

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her firstborn child. ..