TITLE: The Sleeper and The Spindle
AUTHOR: Neil Gaiman
ILLUSTRATOR: Chris Riddell
GENRE: Fiction, Fantasy, YA
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins
PAGES: 69
When I first saw this was out, I fell in love with the cover!! It is so beautiful! I quickly
reserved the book from the library and at only 69 pages a quick and easy read.
This story about a Queen along with 3 dwarfs is about their quest to save her kingdom. This story is brought to life through pretty amazing drawings with only bits of gold to color them.
This book adds to the many retelling of old famous fairy tales but this one is worth a look. For me, it had just the slightest of depression, but then again a whole kingdom is at stake from a terrible fate! I wanted more action, and just a bit more of something...to grab me but the story left me wanting to know a bit more.
Overall, a good read with illustrations that only compliment the story, though honestly I could just look at a picture book and still be very happy with this story.
I give this 3 1/2 out of 5. I will probably buy this one day so I can keep looking at the images! SOOO PRETTYYY!!!!
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