Rapunzel has been recreated! 
Paul O Zelinsky is a marvelous illustrator. His command of the brush and pen is unsurpassed. His wit and unusual imagination are revealed in his overly dramatized characters. His story is true to the original. For a combination of all those attributes, he has won a Caldecott Gold Medal.
The subject of the book is compelling for children. There is a happy ending as far as they are concerned. But for a mother, reading this book can be almost hard to bear. Rapunzel is stolen from her birth mother. The story never returns to her shattered life. The witch loses Rapunzel to the prince. Although she deserves to lose the imprisoned Rapunzel, and has her revenge on the prince to boot, she never sees her adopted daughter again. Not only is the story unresolved, Rapunzel cannot be happily ever after. Can she?
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