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Sleeping Bobby
Contributor(s): Osborne, Mary Pope (Author), Osborne, Will (Author), Potter, Giselle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689876688     ISBN-13: 9780689876684
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $17.99  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2005
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: In this role-reversal, Sleeping Beauty is actually a handsome prince cursed to sleep for 100 years until a heroic princess wakes him with true love's kiss. Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2004006346
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 12.08" W x 8.94" (1.09 lbs) 40 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 102069
Reading Level: 5.2   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
A beautiful baby, a sinister spell, a pricked finger, a hundred-year sleep, a true-love wake-up kiss.
We all know the story of Sleeping Beauty, but not the one that Will and Mary Pope Osborne tell -- with a handsome prince named Bob, a feisty princess who wakes him from his enchanted slumber, and charming artwork from acclaimed illustrator Giselle Potter. Here's a fresh, magical reworking of the classic fairy tale that's sure to have kids begging, Read it again
As soon as he touched the wheel's spindle, a splinter pricked his finger.
Ouch said Bob.
Good night, Bobby, said the old woman.

Contributor Bio(s): Osborne, Mary Pope: - Mary Pope Osborne is the award-winning author of many distinguished books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Magic Treehouse series; Favorite Medieval Tales, illustrated by Troy Howell; American Tall Tales, illustrated by Michael McCurdy; Rocking Horse Christmas, illustrated by Ned Bittinger; and Adaline Falling Star. The former president of the Author's Guild, she lives in New York City with her husband, Will.Potter, Giselle: - Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, an ALA-ALSC notable book; The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner; and Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey. She is the author and illustrator of Tell Me What to Dream About and This Is My Dollhouse--both inspired by her daughters--and The Year I Didn't Go to School, about traveling through Italy with her parents' puppet troupe when she was eight. Giselle also illustrates "Ties," a weekly column in the Well section of The New York Times. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at GisellePotter.com.