The Sleeping Beauty is one of the great fairy tales that one generation repeats to another, and the figure of the beautiful princess asleep in the forgotten castle continues to stir us deeply. Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations for this retelling have earned her a place in the company of the great romantic illustrators of our time. Her work makes us feel the king's delight with his lovely daughter and profound despair at the curse that will take her from him; makes us almost smell the musty odors of the neglected castle; and, most of all, compels us to rejoice at love's triumph over the dark power of revenge.

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1984 by Little, Brown & Company .

Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939-November 19, 2004) was an American illustrator of more than 150 children's books. She won the Caldecott Medal for Saint George and the Dragon and lived in Sweden.