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| Book cover from August House |
Claflin, W. (2011). Rapunzel and the seven dwarfs. [Tumblebook version]. Retrieved from tumblebooks.com
I watched the Tumblebook version of this book, which was an interesting format for this one. The book was read by the author, so it sounded more natural than some of the other Tumblebooks I listened to, and he even does voices. I liked how the Tumblebook zoomed in on details sometimes, and animated some of the pictures. It is a fractured fairy tale, and combines elements of other stories, along with a moose for a narrator, and a moose who saves the day in the end. The language of the story was interesting; I think the moose is supposed to sound like a simple country bumpkin (think Gomer Pyle). For example, he messes up his subject-verb agreement ("he don't") and says the witch was "distremely angrified" instead of "extremely angry." This would be a great book for teaching fairy tale elements, because it still has many of them, and mixes them around in crazy ways. I think that most children familiar with fairy tales would find this one funny.
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