The Sleeping Beauty

Based on the ballet by Marius Petipa and Piotr Tchaikovsky, inspired by the tale by Charles Perrault. On the day of the princess's baptism, an old fairy casts a spell on her: in her fifteenth year, the king's daughter will prick her finger and drop dead. Will the beautiful Aurora escape this tragic fate? The delicacy of the illustrations and the lace of paper create magical pictures. "We melt for the marvelous book by Charlotte Gastaut, illustrator, sublime illustrations enhanced with gold, cut-out paper pages forming a magical lace forest ..." (Lilosimages bookstore in Angoulême) “An album that impresses with its ideas and details… And although this is not a CD book, attentive eyes will be able to find the famous musical theme hidden in the pages of this tale. »(Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux media library) "And, as a surprise, in the center of the album, three pages of lush greenery are finely laser cut, covering Sleeping Beauty with vegetal lace. Gorgeous !… What I also really liked about this version was that Princess Aurora is mixed race. Her skin is brown and her straight hair is jet black. I find it so beautiful! And then, it changes a bit of the cliché of the princess with long blond and curly hair. »(Anne-Sophie - Books and wonders)