Sleeping Cinderella and Other Princess Mix-ups - Hardcover

Clarkson, Stephanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545565642 ISBN 13: 9780545565646

Publisher: Orchard Books, 2015

Synopsis

Princesses Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel swap fairy tales with one another in this hilariously clever new classic!
Once upon a time, four fairy tale misses,

tired of dwarves, witches, princes, and kisses,

so bored and fed up, or just ready to flop,

upped and left home for a fairy tale swap.
What happens when Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel get so fed up with their fairy tales that they decide to switch places with one another? Hilarity ensues in this clever, rhyming story about whether the grass really is greener at someone else's castle.
Author Stephanie Clarkson crafts an incredibly witty manuscript, with rhymes that shine and predicaments that will make little girls everywhere laugh out loud, as illustrator Brigette Barrager brings these beautiful princesses to life with her rich, warm colors and charming retro-girl style!

About this title

About the Author

Writer Stephanie Clarkson lives in leafy Surrey, England, with her husband, two young daughters, and a very hairy hound named Bob. Her ambition in life is to invent and patent an anti-mud device for dogs like Bob, who like hanging out in dirty puddles.Steph began her writing career as a journalist at Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, and she continues to write for the British press while dreaming up stories for children about strong-minded princesses and tech-obsessed owls.
Brigette Barrager is an artist, designer, illustrator, and writer of children's books. She attended the California Institute of the Arts, where she earned a degree in character animation. Brigette spent some time at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios before taking the plunge into freelance, where she's lived happily ever after. She resides in Los Angeles with her handsome husband, cute doggy, and a terrible cat.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 3—In this rhyming story, Clarkson cleverly mixes and matches fairy-tale princesses into one another's tales, then reblends for truly happy endings. Fed up with housework, Snow White ditches the dwarves for Rapunzel's peaceful tower. Rapunzel is delighted to take over ball festivities for an exhausted Cinderella. Cinderella gladly curls up in Sleeping Beauty's cozy bed so the latter can find purpose socializing with the dwarves. Each girl finds a flaw in the new position, so she returns home after negotiating improvements. The dwarves help with chores, and Cinderella goes to college. Barrager's digital cartoons are wide-eyed and flat, colorful and funny. Fairy-tale fans will savor this practical take on familiar stories.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA

About this edition

• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0545565642
• ISBN 13: 9780545565646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Barrager Brigette