The Golden Bracelet is an Armenian folktale about an unconventional love between to people of separate classes. Despite the girl being very against marrying the Prince Haig because he hasn't mastered a craft she ends up marrying him anyway. He became a prisoner and weaves a quilt made of gold with a bracelet so his queen could find him. She finds him and they live happily ever after. ( )

The Golden Bracelet is an Armenian folktale about unconventional love between two souls of different classes. Noble Prince Haig has fallen in love with a peasant named Anahid after coming across her on his ride near the country side. She asks him a question which increases his attraction towards her. She is not one to be lured by fame and wealth. The only requirement that she requests is for her lover to possess a skill in some craft. The prince goes on to attain a craft in order to gain her hand in marriage. Later, his friend gets thrown in a dungeon by an evil sourcerer. In an attempt to find his friend, Prince Haig becomes a prisoner and weaves a magnificent quilt made of gold with a bracelet for his queen to find him. She discovers his whereabouts and arrests the sourcerer. They live happily ever after as king and queen of the land. I have mixed feelings about this story. First off, the King and Queen would never allow their son or daughter to marry someone that is of a lower class than they are much less associate with them. On the other hand, I like how the story interweaves hope and despair, as in an oxymoron, that has an end result of love conquering all things. ( )

This is well put together book to read to kids. The book teaches kids kids the value of being humble and the torment of jealously. ( )