# Rapunzel

**Author:** Paul O. Zelinsky
**Grade range:** Grades 1–4
**Age range:** 6–9
**First published:** 1997
**Genre:** Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780613608329`
**ISBN-10:** `0613608321`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/rapunzel
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.

## Themes

- fairy tales
- folklore
- rapunzel (tale)
- magic

## Where this book is assigned

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1998 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1998 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1998 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1998 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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