Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

Rump was Daniel’s Library Youth Book Club book for November.  I’ll admit Daniel really was intrigued with this book as he thought the title was hilarious and would laugh each time he said rump.  Rump is a great fantasy tale that tells the backstory of Rumpelstiltskin from his point of view.  We were both intrigued by the story, but Daniel started taking the book and reading it without me to see how it ended.  I also enjoyed that the afterward by the author at the end was discuss names and how kids are picked on for their names or assumptions are made about them because of their names.   She was picked on for her name, Liesl, and decided to use this to write Rump, a story where names are very significant.  I thought that was intriguing.

Overall, Rump is a fun look at the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin and how one never can really make assumptions about someone because of their name.

Book Source:  The Kewaunee Public Library.  Thank-you!