EAN: 9781408859650

THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE - NEIL GAIMAN KARTO...

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.   
'Suffused with joy and melancholy ... It is absolutely a retelling for our age  but also for
ages still to come' Guardian   Weaving together hints of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty with a
shimmering thread of dark magic  this twist on classic fairytales will hold readers spellbound
from start to finish.   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 ventures 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. 
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.  Lavishly produced and packed with glorious Chris Riddell illustrations  this
amazingly beautiful book makes a spectacular and magical gift.

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