Joven Durmiente y El Huso, La (Hardcover)

from pennma05

As it says in the summary, this was a fairy tale reimagining that weaved together the stories of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. The illustrations in this book were fantastic. They were done in black and white with some added spots of metallic gold ink. The character based on Snow White was a def...

from Faith_Murri

A very interesting reimagining of two classic tales: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. It ties together the obvious similarities of the two tales seamlessly and is well done, though the climax is rather short and uneventful. Overall, it was an engaging and intriguing short story that I really enjoy...

from fyrefly98

Summary: Three dwarves, on their way to the queen's wedding, discover that there's a plague spreading throughout the land - a plague of sleeping, rumored to be spreading from an enchanted castle in a neighboring kingdom. The Queen, realizing the danger to her own people, and being a survivor of a...

from tapestry100

Who doesn't love a new, delicious Neil Gaiman fairy tale retelling? Add to that story new and equally delicious Chris Riddell illustrations and you have the recipe for an almost instant classic, and neither disappoint in this fairy tale remix. Leave it to Gaiman to take one fairy tale that we're ...

from krau0098

I got this book for Christmas. I had it on my wish list because I love Neil Gaiman's writing style and Riddell's illustration style. This is a beautifully done book with a wonderfully ironic fairy tale mash up of Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. On the eve of her wedding a young queen puts on her ...