Children's Book of the Week: 9

I absolutely worked my fingers to the bone today. My little goal of planting some pretty flowers turned into about 3 1/2 hours of yard work for me and my intermittent helper, Parker. I also decided to rearrange furniture in the kids' rooms and do some general decluttering (read throw away toys). All in all, a very productive day. But instead of folding the six loads of laundry I have waiting for me in the other room, or making the kids' lunches for tomorrow, I've decided to share this little book with you. We originally checked it out from the library in Los Angeles, and I remember loving it, so we checked it out from our local library last week, too. Still haven't purchased it, but it's on my Amazon wish list! It's a cute little twist on the fairy tale of Rapunzel, called

Falling for Rapunzel
by Leah Wilcox

"Once upon a bad hair day, a prince rode up Rapunzel's way," it begins. The prince is calling from too far away, and so Rapunzel can't quite make out what he's saying. He calls up the traditional "throw down your hair," but "she thought he said, 'Your underwear.'" He tries and tries again, Rapunzel, "do you have a ladder? Rapunzel tossed out pancake batter. It covered him from head to toe. She yelled, 'It's better cooked, you know.'"

The story gets sillier and sillier, and the illustrations are really charming, simple and colorful. The prince has all sorts of things thrown down at him, but in the end, he ends up with Rapunzel's maid. I won't tell you how that happens. You'll have to check it out for yourself!
All of a sudden I feel like one of those weird kids on Reading Rainbow.

Anyway, check it out! You can buy it here.