Drawn by Paul O. Zelinsky

I hear Disney's Tangled is nice.  Because I wasn't able to watch it when it hit the theaters, I will just resort to the handsomely-illustrated Rapunzel book, for which Mr. Paul O. Zelinsky won the prestigious Caldecott award in 1997.

Paul O. Zelinsky (1953 - ) is also the man behind the wondrously lyrical drawings in Carl Sandburg's More Rootabagas, another children's book (only PhP 60 at Book Sale some three years ago). 

I remember reading the book for the first time, checking out the wispy drawings now and then, and consulting the book's cover for the name of the illustrator. 

I also remember wondering how painstakingly drawn each blade of grass was and practically every other detail in the scene.  In the surreal country of More Rootabagas, Zelinsky's graceful, quirky and a little lonesome drawings find an apt home.

Here's Mr. Zelinsky eating Belgian waffles.