In some ways this series of posts I am compiling over these few weeks came about because of the Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis version of Rumpelstiltskin and also when Colby Sharp said his Grade Five class were unfamiliar with the fairy tale. That got me thinking about which fairy tales I would read to my senior primary groups - the Essential Fairy Tales.
Bernadette Watts
Paul O Zelinsky (you will also find this version with a different cover)
Paul Galdone
Martin Hargreaves
Jane Ray
Jonathan Langley
Here is a new Young Adult Australian novel that heavily relies on your knowledge of the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin:
You might find this fracture version in a library:
From the series Hopscotch Twisty Tales
