Rumpelstilskin: Reading Rainbow (TV Episode)

• Genre: Children's/Family
• Movie Type: Literary Studies, Children's Educational
• Main Cast: LeVar Burton
• Release Year: 1987
• Country: US
• Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

The time period in which Rumpelstiltskin may have lived is explored as host LeVar Burton attends a fair devoted to Renaissance practices. Dramatizations of daily routines, including spinning, are offered, and costumed participants re-create the colorful past, appearing as kings and knights. Reading Rainbow: Rumpelstiltskin presents a retelling of the classic story of the peculiar man who will spin straw into gold for a terrible price. Among the books reviewed by youngsters are The Sleeping Beauty, retold by Mercer Mayer, A Medieval Feast by Aliki, and The Story of a Castle by John S. Goodall. ~ Alice Day, All Movie Guide