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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Sleeping Beauty


Sleeping Beauty
Retold by Martin Powell
Illustrated by Sean Dietrich

We all know the story of Sleeping Beauty, but I loved the small twists to the tale that this graphic novel rendition spun to keep it new and interesting. The drawings were incredible unique and drew my eye when I first looked at it. I can only compare it to that of Tim Burton. The characters have big eyes and the overall feel of the graphic novel is darker.

I absolutely enjoyed reading the History of Sleeping Beauty at the end of the book as well as glancing through the discussion questions and writing prompts that were to go along with the book. Another great book to use in elementary schools and elementary school libraries.

5/5 Roses

*This book was given to me for review by the publisher.

13 comments:

  1. Wow. I have never seen the likes of this...I want to read it now.

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  2. I'm working my way through this fairy tale series. I haven't read this one but they are gorgeous aren't they? Rapunzel has been my favourite so far, will have to look out for this one.

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  3. Sounds like one I would enjoy reading.

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  4. Oooo A fairy tale and a graphic novel? Sounds pretty great. Thanks for the review.

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  5. I haven't seen these before. But I love fairy tale retellings in all forms so going to have to look for it while out Christmas shopping. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. One of my closest friends adores graphic novels. I think this would be her kind of book.

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  7. It's nice to hear that fairy tales can still have its fresh perspective!

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  8. Its my first time hearing about this book and I'm interested in reading it now as Sleeping Beauty is one of my favourite fairy tales.

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  9. Ohh this one sounds cool! I haven't done a lot of graphic novel reading. I don't why because I really enjoyed the last one I read. Will keep my eyes open for this!

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  10. I love Sleeping Beauty. I also love reading different versions and looking at different illustrations. This one would be a good one to look at.

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  11. Oo graphic novel! This one looks fun.

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  12. I want to read more graphic novels.

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  13. I'm curious to see how my daughter likes graphic novels. I haven't read many, but I'm excited to try a few.

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