The story of Sleeping Beauty is told here with simplicity and charm. Sixteen years after an angry fairy casts this spell, the princess pricks her finger on a spindle and the entire kingdom falls asleep--until one hundred years later a handsome prince rides up to the thorn-covered castle, awakens them all, and happily marries the beautiful girl.

Other Details:
36 full-color illustrations. 32 pages. 6 1/2 x 7 1/2" trim size. Published in 2001. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The story of the beautiful princess who sleeps for a hundred years has captured the imaginations of children for an even longer period of time. How could everyone in a castle--even the flies on the walls--sleep for a century and then wake up? This magical, beautifully illustrated tale begins when the king excludes the most difficult fairy of the kingdom from a feast celebrating the birth of his beautiful daughter Briar Rose. Furious, the fairy storms in and curses the baby, pronouncing that on her fifteenth birthday she will be pricked by a distaff (from a spinning wheel) and fall down dead. The youngest fairy softens the curse to a century-long sleep. Despite the fact that the king burns all the spinning wheels in the kingdom, 15-year-old Briar Rose finds herself in the tower where the evil fairy and her fate await her. The drama of the spell unfurls as she and the other inhabitants of the castle fall instantly asleep, from courtiers to kitchen maids. Thorny briars--moodily captured by Trina Schart Hyman's masterful paintbrush--grow up around the castle. Hyman depicts those who died attempting to break through the maze of thorns to reach the legendary sleeping beauty in a nightmarish illustration. But goodness and true love prevail when the perfect prince does finally find his way through the thick vines.

Hyman won a Caldecott Medal for her work in Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover
A princess has been sleeping for one hundred years--until a brave prince decides to break the spell. This classic story by the Brothers Grimm is one of the world's best-loved fairy tales. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author
Nathalie Novi is a French artist specializing in pastels. Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Brussels, and Paris. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Keywords: The Sleeping Beauty, Books, Brothers Grimm, Trina Schart Hyman, Folklore, Germany, Fairy tales, Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks, Juvenile Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore - European, Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title