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. 5.2K views 7 years ago UK Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell walks viewers through the process of illustrating Neil Gaiman’s THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE. Something new is going on, and readers will be carried to the end by the whirlwind force of Gaiman’s imagination. Matilda & Linna (librarians at Tby public library) recommend the amazing book 'The Sleeper and the Spindle' by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell (Bloomsbury Pu. It isn’t until the travelers penetrate the castle that things tilt sideways. The Sleeper and the Spindle WINNER OF THE CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL 2016 Neil Gaiman (Author), Chris Riddell (Illustrator) Paperback 8.99 8.09 Ebook (Epub & Mobi) 7.19 Ebook (PDF) 7.19 Quantity In stock 7. 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. 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. 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. Having joined forces before on Fortunately, the Milk as well as illustrated editions of The Graveyard Book and Coraline, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have a history. 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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