Project Gutenberg 2007-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 189 Crane, Walter 1845 1915 The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/sleepingbeautypi00cran The Sleeping Beauty Bluebeard The Baby's Own Alaphabet E-text prepared by Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book" by Walter Crane is a children's storybook composed during the late 19th century. This enchanting book blends poetry and illustrations, presenting classic fairy tales that explore themes of beauty, danger, and redemption. The primary focus of the book is the beloved tale of "Sleeping Beauty," accompanied by other stories which include "Bluebeard" and playful nursery rhymes designed for young readers. The central narrative of "Sleeping Beauty" unfolds in an ancient kingdom where a longing couple, the King and Queen, finally welcome a daughter. However, in a moment of neglect, they omit one fairy from the christening, leading to a dark prophecy about the Princess's fate. The tale follows her journey from an innocent child blessed with gifts to a beautiful young woman who succumbs to the curse of eternal sleep after pricking her finger on a spindle. A century later, a brave prince awakens her with a kiss, breaking the enchantment and restoring the kingdom. Additionally, the book features charming illustrations alongside a selection of nursery rhymes, capturing the innocence and delight of childhood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairy tales Nursery rhymes PZ Text Children's Picture Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 44739 44461 2024-09-10T08:04:11.528768 2023-09-10T11:13:41.379078 text/html text/html 43543 2007-11-17T15:18:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1976871 2021-01-03T04:02:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2007978 2024-09-10T08:04:14.103731 application/epub+zip 2006638 2024-09-10T08:04:12.177728 application/epub+zip 49472 2024-09-10T08:04:11.826758 application/epub+zip 2043289 2024-09-10T08:04:15.808738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2028497 2024-09-10T08:04:13.713698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74595 2022-09-11T05:54:35.604226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31581 31347 2024-09-10T08:04:11.248766 2023-09-10T11:13:41.148066 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 31273 2021-01-03T04:02:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11968 2021-01-03T04:02:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18992 2024-09-10T08:04:15.948733 application/rdf+xml 17133 2024-09-10T08:04:11.905779 image/jpeg 2525 2024-09-10T08:04:11.867712 image/jpeg 2011841 2024-09-10T08:04:11.600736 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia