![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m not really sure if anyone needs a quick synopsis, but just in case, here goes.Ī queen is getting ready for her wedding day when her friends, the dwarves, come to tell her that a kingdom not far away is under a sleeping curse, and that the area affected is expanding everyday. It is a very quick read 67 pages and it took me less than 20 minutes to read. This beautiful re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty was the winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016. A queen might just prove herself a hero, if a princess needs rescuing… This fairy tale is spun with a thread of dark magic, which twists and turns and glints and shines. There are some good, brave, hardy dwarfs a castle, shrouded in thorns and a princess, cursed by a witch, so rumor has it, to sleep forever.īut no one is waiting for a noble prince to appear on his trusty steed here. There’s a young queen, about to be married. It was the closest kingdom to the queen’s, as the crow flies, but not even the crows flew it. I picked this up as a complete impulse buy when I was in Waterstones it was so beautiful I had to get it. ![]()
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