PICTURE BOOKS
Woodward, Kay

Sleeping Handsome and the Princess Engineer

(4) K-3 Fairy Tales Today series. Illustrated by Jo de Ruiter. As a baby, Prince Handsome is cursed with an allergy to pointy things; a run-in with a toy sword puts the kingdom to sleep for one hundred years. Princess Anya uses her smarts (and a kiss) to wake the prince. Switching the main characters' genders is a clever touch, but this re-envisioning of "Sleeping Beauty" doesn't offer much substance. Genial illustrations accompany the updated tale.

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