Sleeping Beauty / Michael Teitelbaum / Traditional Literature

Sleeping Beauty

Author: Michael Teitelbaum

Illustrator: Ron Dias
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: N/A
Grade level: K-2

Princess Aurora must stay safe from the evil Maleficent. Everything changes for the princess when she meets and falls in love with Prince Phillip. But evil Maleficent manages to trick Aurora to prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning wheel which causes her to fall fast asleep. Luckily, Prince Phillip comes to awake Aurora from her sleep with true love's kiss. And they live happily ever after.

The illustrations of this book are taken straight from the Disney classic. Children love this movie and they will love this book because it is just a shortened version of the movie. The pictures are bright and beautiful. The pictures contain the use of lighting to detail the image.

Reading this book to children from kindergarten to second grade because it's a perfect length to keep their attention. It is a classic tale of true love. It uses classic fairy tale language, such as once upon a time and happily ever after.