Written in a simple straightforward style that is (I'm sorry to say) stilted and boring and perhaps nonetheless too difficult for beginning readers. Takes parts of the Rapunzel story---daughter who can spin straw into gold---and the Robin stories about tricking Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham to create what is actually a reasonable, original folk tale. I just wish it was better written, that the moral wasn't so heavy handed, and that the book itself was of a better physical quality.

SPOILER: A disguised Robin Hood convinces Prince John that his daughter can spin gold into straw and vice versa with a magic spinning wheel. Robin then sneaks the gold out of the Royal Counting House and gives it to the poor. The story ends with John unable to accept reality as he continues to spin. Of course the poor will probably have to return it because the greedy Prince has just imposed a new tax. ( )