The Sleeping Beauty

Phillida Gili. HarperFestival, $15.95 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-694-00687-8

He may not be Prince Charming, but Prince Florimund's kiss not only wakes the princess but gets the entire castle up--literally--in HarperFestival's The Sleeping Beauty: A Pop-Up Book by Phillida Gili. Detailed illustrations add to the tale's romance, which ends with a pop-up wedding display (HarperCollins, $15.95, all ages ISBN 0-694-00687-4 Oct.).

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