The Sleeper and the Spindle: WINNER OF THE CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2016

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In a chamber at the heart of the castle’s tallest tower, the queen finds a beautiful young woman fast asleep. This story may not be amazingly unique--there are a lot of dark fairy tale retellings out there--but between Gaiman's fantastic use of words and imagery, and Riddell's gorgeous illustrations, this is a pretty easy 4 star book for me. I don’t know why I bother with audio books and radio plays anymore, since no matter how good the base material is I don’t end up enjoying them… Neil Gaiman’s The Sleeper and the Spindle is one of his most effective reimagined fairytales, and Chris Riddell’s accompanying illustrations take the story to a whole other level of gorgeousness, but the audio version was just meh. While I generally fall into the “idiot overzealous fangirl” side of the spectrum when it comes to Gaiman, this one wasn’t quite as good as Snow, Glass, Apples so it hovered around the 3. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

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. The writing is smooth, making this an easy read, and it’s a quick one too with under 100 pages, including the illustrations.I highly recommend the audio because it helps to deeply immerse you in the story creating a richer experience.

and the queen who is ready for some adventure, or so it seems, heads out to see what this nonsense is all about!Norman Mailer said of Sandman: "Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time. Creo haber visto algo que él haya guionizado o participado a nivel audiovisual, pero no había leído nada. Go have a cry about my opinion about a book no one even talks about anymore somewhere else, thanks ✌🏻 (Also I sincerely doubt this one review is going to affect NG in the slightest, so definitely don’t feel like you have to stand up for him. Next to her is an old crone who has been there for the last seventy years watching over the sleeping princess.

The first obstacle is a thick wall of thorns, but this is soon overcome – the dwarfs know the way through a network of secret tunnels under this wall. See Neil speaking about his new novel, Fortunately, the Milk, a time-travelling adventure for young readers featuring aliens, dinosaurs, volcano gods and a pint of milk that saves the universe! I've read so many versions of fairy tales that it takes a really interesting spin(dle) (ha) for me to enjoy. Igualmente, se me hizo corto, y entiendo que es una historia corta, pero el final se me hizo muy repentino. And now, that I've read it, I can safely say that this book was just as good as I expected it to be.If you think you know where this story is going (as I thought I did, early on) you will probably be mistaken.