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My daughter had an awesome experience last week. Our school participated in an “all school read” of Shurtliff‘s “Rump,” which culminated in the author visiting the school! We read a few chapters together each night, and Josie was so into it she wrote a letter to the author and gave it to the school librarian. The librarian passed it on, and Josie got to have lunch with Ms. Shurtliff and received this signed copy of another one of her books! ⬇️

A really cute MG story about the origins of Rumpelstiltskin! Great messages about finding yourself and how our destinies can be found if we have a bit of faith in ourselves and in a certain kind of magic. My 3rd grader's teacher started reading this to them so I thought I'd play along. 😁 #middlegrade #raisingreaders #kidlit

Delightfully funny, a major twist on the original story with bits of others sprinkled in.... (what do you think the poison apples are from?) Definitely worth the read.

Found this in a little free library near my house. Funny, and pretty interesting so far.

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This book was a great "read" for my unplanned trip to SD.
I love reading different versions of fairy tales.

Some work related reading. I‘m hoping to zip through this stack and choose 2 for a middle grades book club type program over the summer in July & August. They ALL tie in nicely with our summer reading theme.!

This has had 2 cover changes. Rump is book 1. original cover is the bottom right. changed for the paperback to the bottom center, and kept that style through book 3. When book four came out just a few months ago it was restyled again as the top right corner.

While this book is a series, each title can be read independently.

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@cwarnier this was the series you asked about. Sorry, I thought I already posted this one.

I loved this one! 🙌🏻 #BFCR2 #BFC #FitWizards

Rumplestiltskin is a fairy tale that's honestly always creeped me out. Maybe it's because of the Shelly Duvall Faerie Tale Theatre version, which I saw at an impressionable age. So I was reluctant to read this, frankly. But this is a fine little story that I wished had gone into deeper depth. There's no romance here, but some nice exploration of friendships instead.

While at my store today, my daughter picked up one book (Lost in a Book) and her free book choice for reading 8 books (Rump). #raisingreaders

Can't wait to start these two. Happy Bookmas!

Liesl Shurtliff did a presentation/video chat with my sons 4th grade class and they all got books and signed bookplates !Definitely gonna read this one together ❤

It has been THE WORST hearing the word "Rump" over and over again after the past week. The reader for the audio was so annoying, but I am still having such a hard time concentrating on reading. However, if it had been another time, I may have liked it more, and I've heard from my kiddos already that they love the book. It ultimately boils down to poor foresight on my part. #fairytaleretellings

"Your name is full of meaning and power. Your name is your destiny. My destiny really stinks."