Rump
2013 • 272 pages

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Relates the tale of Rumpelstiltskin's childhood and youth, explaining why his name is so important, how he is able to spin straw into gold, and why a first-born child is his reward for helping the miller's daughter-turned-queen.

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8 released books

(Fairly) True Tales Series

(Fairly) True Tales Series is a 8-book series first released in 2013 with contributions by Liesl Shurtliff.

Rump
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin
Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk

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So it's a children's book and I'm not a “children's”. Maybe that's the problem. The book was fairly well written but the included poems - did.not.work. Your younger child will probably enjoy this because of the words butt and rump. Again, not horrible, just not quite for me.

March 7, 2022

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