The Legend of Rosepetal

by Clemens Brentano

Book Overview

A lover of roses with most of her kingdon made into a rose garden, Princess Rosalina makes a pact with an old enchantress to obtain the most beautiful rosebush of all. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0907234712
• ISBN13: 9780907234715
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Picture Book Studio Ltd
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 13.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6

Customer Reviews

Unusual and not Disneyfied

I had this book when I was very young, and it was one of the first I read by myself. It's a sad story but a beautiful book, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in old fashioned fairytales that aren't always sweet and nice, you can tell that Walt Disney's brand of sugarcoating would be wasted here. The story deals with flawed characters and tragic lives, but there is a happy ending. The illustrations are quite subtle and lovely and suit the text.

worth reading

It is a good story. Lisbeth Zwerger was still developeing her style of illustrations. It is worth reading, especially to children