By Wendy Meddour (author) , Rebecca Ashdown Petrie (illustrator)
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Wendy Meddour and Rebecca Ashdown put a clever twist on the Rapunzel story in this excellent picturebook. Rapunzel sits alone and fed up at the top of her tower block. Her friends urge her to let down her hair but she won’t – and she totally ignores the prince! Eventually, her friends climb up to see her, cook her some supper and hand over her post, which includes a job offer from the library.
Thoroughly cheered, Rapunzel embraces her new life! So, the story concludes, don’t just wait for your prince to show, and there’s more to life than growing hair. A wonderfully positive and empowering message for everyone!
With the wind in his hair, and blowing his hooter, Along came the prince on the back of a scooter.
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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your hair!
Called the prince from down on the bottom stair...
But Rapunzel just sat - As still as a wall;
She didn't think much of the prince at all.
Rapunzel sits on the sixteenth floor of an inner city block, bored, dreaming and looking out at the rain. No one can rouse her from her apathy, not the milkman or the postman or the baker or her aunt - or even the prince. But when at last a letter is delivered, it contains news that has Rapunzel on her feet again.
She has a new job at the library! And suddenly her life is busy, sparkling, exciting and stimulating. For despite her long hair and her ravishing looks, she loved nothing better than reading good books!
'How refreshing to have a girl in a story whose fate lies within her own hands. A brilliant picture book.’ Malorie Blackman, Children’s Laureate
Wendy Meddour is a Doctor of English Literature and an internationally successful and award-winning children’s writer. Her debut children’s book, A Hen in the Wardrobe , was selected as one of the Guardian’s ‘Best 50 diverse Children’s Books since the 1950s’ and won the John C Laurence Award for writing that improves relations between races. Wendy is also the author of several picture books, including the highly acclaimed Lubna and Pebble . Wendy also teaches Creative Writing at Exeter University
Wendy grew up in a little seaside town called Aberystwyth. She is an internationally successful children’s writer, with books translated into multiple languages and featured on CBBC Newsround, Cbeebies Bedtime Story, and BBC Woman’s Hour.
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With the wind in his hair, and blowing his hooter, Along came the prince on the back of a scooter. Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your hair!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel was written by Wendy Meddour and published by Frances Lincoln Childrens Books an imprint of Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel has 32 pages
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