The sleeper and the spindle / Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 66 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062398246
- 0062398245
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | YA Fiction | Gaiman, Neil | Available | Water damage noted. | 33111008130847 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In a beautiful collaboration, New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com).
The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle that the Guardian calls "a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story."
In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have twisted together the familiar and the new as well as the beautiful and the wicked to tell a brilliant version of Snow White's (sort of) and Sleeping Beauty's (almost) stories.
This story was originally published (without illustrations) in Rags & Bones (Little, Brown, 2013). This is the first time it is being published as an illustrated, stand-alone edition, and the book is a beautiful work of art.
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword, and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future -- and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.