In a beautiful collaboration, New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com).

The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle that the Guardian calls "a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story."

In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have twisted together the familiar and the new as well as the beautiful and the wicked to tell a brilliant version of Snow White's (sort of) and Sleeping Beauty's (almost) stories.

This story was originally published (without illustrations) in Rags & Bones (Little, Brown, 2013). This is the first time it is being published as an illustrated, stand-alone edition, and the book is a beautiful work of art.

Author: Neil Gaiman
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/22/2015
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.30w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780062398246
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 179254 / Sleeper and the Spindle


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/08/2015
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015
School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 97
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 66
Entertainment Weekly 08/14/2015 pg. 67
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 106

About the Author
Riddell, Chris: -

Chris Riddell is an acclaimed British artist who lives in Brighton, England. He has written and illustrated many books of his own, including Ottoline and the Yellow Cat and Ottoline Goes to School, and has illustrated, for Bloomsbury UK, The Graveyard Book; Coraline; and Fortunately, the Milk; as well as The Sleeper and the Spindle.

Gaiman, Neil: -

Neil Gaiman is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for children and adults whose award-winning titles include Norse Mythology, American Gods, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), Coraline, and The Sandman graphic novels. Neil Gaiman is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College.