The sleeper and the spindle /
Gaiman, Neil,
The sleeper and the spindle / Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Chris Riddell. - London : Bloomsbury, 2019. - 66 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Originally published: as part of Rags & bones. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013; and as The sleeper and the spindle. 2014.
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.
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
9781408859650 8.99
Fairy tales.
Children's stories.
Fiction 9+.
Traditional Tales.
The sleeper and the spindle / Neil Gaiman ; illustrated by Chris Riddell. - London : Bloomsbury, 2019. - 66 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Originally published: as part of Rags & bones. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013; and as The sleeper and the spindle. 2014.
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.
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
9781408859650 8.99
Fairy tales.
Children's stories.
Fiction 9+.
Traditional Tales.
