The Sleeper and the Spindle: WINNER OF THE CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2016

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I’m rounding up, however, because there was a little more to the story than met the eye that left Mitchell and I looking something like this . In Gaiman’s telling, a queen who wants more adventure in her life decides to rescue a princess that has been trapped by a curse. This highly recommended visually stunning twist on two classic fairy tales will be well received by fans of graphic novels and fantasy stories. I was actually able to access it from New Zealand which was exciting - - I've gotten so used to things blocked to my country! Norman Mailer said of Sandman: "Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time.

Igualmente, se me hizo corto, y entiendo que es una historia corta, pero el final se me hizo muy repentino. If you want to see what the “meh” crowd thought about The Sleeper and the Spindle, go check out his review. To anyone reading this, at this point of time you still have 12 more days to listen to this dramatisation of The Sleeper and the Spindle. It’s ideal for children, but equally delightful for adults in a suitable frame of mind - or wanting to be, as I was.

Overall, I highly recommend this audiobook if you are a fan of the book or Neil Gaiman in general, or if you're interested in this story. It has elements of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, set in an echo of Middle Earth, led by the women who are largely absent in Tolkien's world, plus (male) dwarfs. Go have a cry about my opinion about a book no one even talks about anymore somewhere else, thanks ✌🏻 (Also I sincerely doubt this one review is going to affect NG in the slightest, so definitely don’t feel like you have to stand up for him. A queen with raven-black hair abandons her wedding day in favour of going on a quest accompanied by three dwarfs.

Twisting together the familiar and the new, this delicious, captivating and darkly funny tale shows its creators at the peak of their talents and was the winner of the 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. We have brothers and sisters, wives and children, sleeping now in their houses or cowsheds, at their workbenches. A diferencia de los cuentos tradicionales, aquí no hay un caballero que salve a la princesa, sino que es la reina la que toma el mando y va al rescate de la bella durmiente. Lavishly produced and packed with glorious Chris Riddell illustrations, this amazingly beautiful book makes a spectacular and magical gift.

The queen (Snow White) is preparing to marry her prince and to live happily in her kingdom until she’s informed of a sleeping enchantment that’s taken over everyone in a nearby land. Since I've read The Graveyard Book I wanted to read more books by both Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell. A suitably creepy note is added when it develops that the people struck by the sleeping sickness do more than just sleep.

It has too many lines like this: But the path to her death, heartbeat by heartbeat, would be inevitable. The bestselling, award-bedecked Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell are reunited in this irresistible fairytale reboot, with vibrant red ink adding lustre to an amazingly beautiful book.With no handsome prince in sight, the queen wakes the princess in the traditional way - but things are not as they seem, and it will take more than a kiss to ensure everyone lives happily ever after. Having read the book before, I already knew what to expect, and having seen Chris Riddell's illustrations, it was easy to picture the story and the characters while listening to this dramatisation. While I generally fall into the “idiot overzealous fangirl” side of the spectrum when it comes to Gaiman, this one wasn’t quite as good as Snow, Glass, Apples so it hovered around the 3. A queen is (reluctantly) about to get married, but when a sleeping sickness spreads through a neighboring kingdom and threatens hers, she sets aside her plans, puts on her mail shirt and sword, and heads off with her dwarf friends to take care of the problem herself.

After the deaths of her evil stepmother and her father, she is now Queen of the Kingdom of Kanelaire.Queen Snow White doesn't seem too happy in her current situation, she is to be wed and have babies and do this and do that. Abandoning her bridal finery, she dons her armour instead, and rides out to a castle at the very heart of the sleeping lands. There’s a fascinating, gradual reveal of who the queen actually is, and Gaiman deftly interweaves details about how her past experiences inform her present decisions. Recomiendo este libro a aquelles que busquen un nuevo enfoque a los clásicos a los que estamos acostumbrades, y a quien le gusten los libros ilustrados. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.