• Book Review,  Middle grade book

    Review of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin

    Over Spring Break, my eleven-year-old was sick and stuck at home, meaning my seven-year-old was also stuck at home. Luckily, I had recently picked up the audio CD of Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff from our library. So even though we were stuck inside, we were able to listen to an entertaining story explaining Rumpelstiltskin’s side of things. The audio version, read by Maxwell Glick, was excellent and made being stuck at home not seem so bad. Poor Rump. His mother died shortly after he was born and was only able to say the first part of his name. It’s no wonder Rump ended up being “the…