![]() ![]() Riddell draws in pen and ink, eschewing color-save for select gold accents-and pouring his energy into myriad, spidery lines and delicate cross-hatching that recall Aubrey Beardsley’s eerie set pieces. Chris Riddell is a much loved illustrator and acclaimed political cartoonist. Something new is going on, and readers will be carried to the end by the whirlwind force of Gaiman’s imagination. ![]() 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The Sleeper and the Spindle a book by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell 25,382,874.06 raised for local bookstores The Sleeper and the Spindle Neil Gaiman (Author) Chris Riddell (Illustrator) FORMAT Paperback 10.99 10.22 Hardcover 19.99 18. It isn’t until the travelers penetrate the castle that things tilt sideways. The Sleeper and the Spindle (Kindle Edition) Published March 26th 2015 by Bloomsbury Childrens. And then you woke again, none the worse for it.” Traveling to the cursed kingdom, the queen and dwarves encounter threatening zombie sleepers and more, but the storyline is still recognizable underneath the new details. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes. Alert readers won’t miss the hint to the queen’s identity: “Would I sleep, as they did?” she asks one of the dwarfs, who replies, “You slept for a year. The Sleeper and the Spindle - Neil Gaiman - Google Books On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. Three dwarves discover a realm in which everyone has fallen asleep, and they cross into the next country to warn its queen of the great plague that threatens her people. Always a superb spinner of tales, Gaiman presents a filigreed elaboration of Sleeping Beauty that, before long, reveals itself as something more. ![]()
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