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32 pp.
| North-South |
October, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4087-4$17.95
(4)
K-3
This serviceable picture-book adaptation of the fairy tale is paired with romantic watercolor illustrations. The retold text is standard fare, though it is faithful to the Grimms' version; much of the menace of the words is softened by Dusíková's soft, pastoral art in which Sleeping Beauty looks like the teenager she is.