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1) What once was mine: a twisted tale : What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?
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Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety...
2) Bad hair day
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On their fifth trip through the magic mirror, siblings Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of Rapunzel--and they set out to free her from her tower, reunite her with her parents, and give the story a completely happy ending.
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Presents an adaptation of the fairy tale that features simple machines. Rapunzel, trapped in a tall tower, uses a screw to hang her kickboxing bag, Dame Gothel uses a wheel and axle to carry her loads, and Rapunzel and the prince use a lever, a wedge, a ramp, and a pulley to help Rapunzel escape. Includes a glossary, critical thinking questions, and further resources.
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Trapped in her tower, Rapunzel has nothing but time to kill and hair to brush, but what if she could use her long locks to engineer an escape? In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, readers will use STEM problem-solving activities to help Rapunzel reach her happy ending. Engaging projects, such as testing a strand of hair's strength against cotton thread and designing a zip wire, introduce readers to key STEM concepts.
5) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the classic fairy tale about a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair who is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch. Written in graphic-novel format.
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"Haelewise has always lived under the shadow of her mother, Hedda-a woman who will do anything to keep her daughter protected. For with her strange black eyes and even stranger fainting spells, Haelewise is shunned by her village, and her only solace lies in the stories her mother tells of child-stealing witches, of princes in wolf-skins, of an ancient tower cloaked in mist, where women will find shelter if they are brave enough to seek it. Then,...
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Introduces young readers to the story of Rapunzel and how it would have been easier to rescue her if there had been a pulley system in the tower. Discusses how pulleys work and provides step-by-step instructions for building a pulley system. Includes a quiz, a glossary, and resources for further information.
11) Tangled
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"When the kingdom's most wanted--and most charming--bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower--70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo set off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter and suspense"--Container.
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After all the years stuck in a tower, everyone's favorite barefoot princess yearns to make up for lost time. With the help of her true love Eugene, pals Pascal and Maximus and daring new friend Cassandra, Rapunzel postpones her wedding and royal duties to defy danger and boldly explore life beyond Corona's walls.
13) Braided
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When her older sister Rapunzel returns home but is not what she expected, Princess Cinna must risk everything for a sister with whom she may having nothing in common except their long, magical hair.
15) Tangled
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When Rapunzel makes plans to escape from the hidden tower in which she has been imprisoned, she enlists the thief, Flynn Rider, to help her navigate the real world.
16) Towering
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"A contemporary retelling of Rapunzel told from the alternating perspectives of three teens whose fates unknowingly bind them together to destroy a greater evil"--Provided by publisher.
17) Rapunzel
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An illustrated retelling of the Grimm fairy tale in which a witch takes a baby from a young couple and raises the child, Rapunzel, in a lonely tower that can only be entered by climbing up Rapunzel's long, golden hair.
18) The golden braid
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Rapunzel can throw a knife better than any man. She paints beautiful flowering vines on the walls of her plaster houses. She sings so sweetly she can coax even a beast to sleep. But there are two things she is afraid her mother might never allow her to do: learn to read and marry. Fiercely devoted to Rapunzel, her mother is suspicious of every man who so much as looks at her daughter, and warns her that no man can be trusted. After a young village...
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"After Margherita's father steals parsley from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off, unless he and his wife relinquish their precious little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death. She is at the center of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal,...