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WAKE UP, SLEEPING BEAUTY! by Jonathan Allen

WAKE UP, SLEEPING BEAUTY!

An Interactive Book with Sounds

by Jonathan Allen & illustrated by Jonathan Allen

Pub Date: Oct. 1st, 1997
ISBN: 0-8037-2212-5
Publisher: Dial Books

This variation on the Sleeping Beauty story uses sound and motion to good effect—such good effect, in fact, that it may be too raucous for quieter institutional settings. Prince Egbert attempts to awaken Sleeping Beauty through various noisy devices—whistle, cymbals, electric guitar, gong, and jackhammer—before giving up in despair. It's his assistant, Kelvin, who in the act of gentle leave-taking awakens the princess with a kiss, and wins her hand in marriage. A pull on one of several paper tabs activates an electronic sound to accompany each pop-up action, from the rumble of a jackhammer to the peal of wedding bells, with Kelvin's extended smooch a highlight. This is silly slapstick for the ears, assured by its engineering to be popular. (Pop-up. 4-8)