Rump

Liesl Shurtliff

2013 • 272 pages

Ratings8

Average rating3.5

Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.

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Series

9 released books

(Fairly) True Tales Series

(Fairly) True Tales Series is a 9-book series with 9 released primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Liesl Shurtliff.

Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin

Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

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Greg

So it's a children's book and I'm not a “children's”. Maybe that's the problem. The book was fairly well written but the included poems - did.not.work. Your younger child will probably enjoy this because of the words butt and rump. Again, not horrible, just not quite for me.

March 7, 2022