No. of pages 32
In this twist on the original fairy tale we see what happens when sleeping beauty really does sleep for a hundred years. The world she finds when she wakes up is very different!
Hopscotch Twisty Tales give the classic fairy tales a new twist. Perfect for the reluctant or newly independent reader, these stories capture the spirit of the fairy tale world and encourage imaginative exploration through carefully controlled word and text levels.
This book features in the following series: Hopscotch Twisty Tales, Hopscotch-Twisty Tales .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hachette Children's Group .
Laura North is a children's book author who lives and works in London. Her first children's book was a retelling of 'Theseus and the Minotaur', one of her favourite myths. She has since written a series of fairy tales with a twist, including 'Cinderella: The Terrible Truth', 'The Princess and the Frozen Peas' and 'Hansel and Gretel and the Green Witch', with pictures by some extremely talented illustrators. Gary Northfield has been writing and drawing comics since 2002. His work has been featured in The Beano, The Dandy, Horrible Histories magazine, Horrible Science magazine, National Geographic Kids magazine, The Phoenix and The Magical World of Roald Dahl. Gary is the author of the highly-acclaimed The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs! published by Walker Books and the internationally sold Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans! Gary lives in Belvedere, Kent. Find him online at garynorthfield. com and on Twitter and Instagram as @garynorthfield.
This book contains the following story:
Sleeping Beauty
After a curse is placed upon her as a baby, a princess pricks her finger on a spinning wheel and falls into a deep sleep on her sixteenth birthday. One hundred years later, a handsome prince rides past the forgotten palace. He must undo the curse and finally awaken the princess.
