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    The document summarizes a children's book review of Neil Gaiman's book "The Sleeper and the Spindle". It describes the plot of the book, which involves a young queen postponing her wedding to investigate a magical sleeping spell that has befallen a neighboring kingdom. At the heart of the spell is a sleeping princess locked in a tower by an old woman. The review praises Gaiman's elegant prose and the illustrations by Chris Riddell, saying the story lingers in the reader's mind. It concludes the book allows readers to interpret their own version of a familiar fairy tale.

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    Children's Book and Media Review

    Volume 36 Article 52
    Issue 6 October 2015

    2015

    The Sleeper and the Spindle


    Kiersten Carr

    Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr

    BYU ScholarsArchive Citation


    Carr, Kiersten (2015) "The Sleeper and the Spindle," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 36 : Iss. 6 ,
    Article 52.
    Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol36/iss6/52

    This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been
    accepted for inclusion in Children's Book and Media Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For
    more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.
    Carr: The Sleeper and the Spindle

    Book Review
    Title: The Sleeper and the Spindle
    Author: Neil Gaiman
    Illustrator: Chris Riddell
    Reviewer: Kiersten Carr
    Publisher: Harper
    Publication Year: 2015
    ISBN: 9780062435033
    Number of Pages: 68
    Interest Level: Young Adult
    Rating: Outstanding

    Review
    When the dwarfs come to tell a young queen on the eve of her wedding that the neighboring kingdom
    is plagued with a magical sleep, she postpones her nuptials, calls for her sword and mail shirt, and
    sets out to investigate. She herself has slept a magical sleep for a year, and if anyone can resist the
    spell and rescue the princess at the heart of it, it’s her. In the castle surrounded by roses and thorns,
    a very old woman lives out a lonely existence surrounded by sleepers, including one beautiful young
    girl in the tallest tower whom she very much wishes she could bring herself to kill. The young queen
    is haunted by the spectre of her wicked stepmother, a woman who was once the fairest in the land.
    The old woman was once a young princess who pricked her finger on a spindle. And the sleeping girl
    in the tower is the evil enchantress who started the spell years and years ago, in order to regain her
    power and youth. At the end of the story the spell is broken, the sleepers awake, the old woman gets
    to rest at last, and the young queen continues her journey with the dwarfs beyond the lands they
    know.

    Gorgeously illustrated, The Sleeper and the Spindle is one of those books that lingers in the mind of a
    reader long after the final page is turned. Neil Gaiman, Newbury Award Winner, is in top form here,
    and his elegant, stark prose perfectly accompanies Chris Riddell’s lushly detailed black-and-white
    illustrations. The story itself is sparing with details, making what is not said almost as important as
    what is said, and allows readers to make connections and form their own interpretations of a fairy
    tale they thought they already knew.

    *Contains one non-romantic same-gender kiss.

    Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015 1

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