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About the Book

The Sleeper and the Spindle

written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
You may think you know this story. There’s a young queen, about to be married. There are some good, brave, hardy dwarfs; a castle, shrouded in thorns; and a princess, cursed by a witch, so rumor has it, to sleep forever.
 
But no one is waiting for a noble prince to appear on his trusty steed here. This fairy tale is spun with thread of dark magic, which twists and turns and glints and shines. A queen might just prove herself a hero, if a princess needs rescuing...
 
In THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE, a captivating and darkly funny tale, master storyteller Neil Gaiman and acclaimed artist 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.

The Sleeper and the Spindle
written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell