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$1498
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1971
The Sleeping Beauty
A royal christening, an uninvited fairy, a hidden spindle, and a thorn-walled castle in a grand traditional telling.
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Hardcover
Sleeping Beauty Books for Kids
The Best Sleeping Beauty Books for Kids
By the Bookroo EditorsUpdated August 8, 2026
Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale built from objects a child can name and rules a child can test: twelve invited fairies and one left out, a spindle hidden but not destroyed, a hedge growing around a silent castle, and a hundred-year deadline. Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm handed down different versions, Tchaikovsky moved the story onto the ballet stage, and later writers discovered that nearly every part could be turned — the curse, the sleeper, the rescuer, even the century itself. That sturdy machinery is why the story survives both lavish gift editions and books that make a joke of the really long nap.
Bookroo’s Sleeping Beauty collection is compact, so this guide does not advertise the count or pad the shortlist with every licensed retelling. Our editors chose twelve books with a distinct reason to be here: a richly illustrated traditional version, two strong introductions to the ballet and its music, comic picture books, short chapter-book twists, and longer novels for readers who want to stay inside the enchanted kingdom. Start with those picks, then browse the age shelves for sturdy first versions, read-alouds, and independent-reader adventures.
The Shortlist
Our 12 Favorite Sleeping Beauty Books
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$858
Chapter Book · Ages 12–17 · 2000
Spindle's End
A princess hidden as Rosie grows up among village fairies and animals while an old curse waits for her twenty-first birthday.
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Mass Market Paperbound
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$1797
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2017
The Sleeping Beauty
By New York City Ballet, Valeria Docampo (Illustrator)
The New York City Ballet retells the princess’s curse and awakening in scenes made for the stage.
40 pages· 1,157 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud
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A first picture-book visit to the ballet$18.99Save 5%
Hardcover
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$2374
Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 2018
The Sleeping Beauty
Press the sound buttons as the castle falls silent and Tchaikovsky’s ballet music carries the story toward its awakening.
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Hardcover
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$674
Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1981
Sleeping Ugly
By Jane Yolen, Diane Stanley (Illustrator)
A cross fairy muddles her spell, putting a cruel beauty and a kind plain girl to sleep at the same time.
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Paperback
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$1248
Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1999
Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep
A fairy’s gift makes Princess Sonora brilliantly clever — and so talkative that a hundred-year sleep begins to sound restful.
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Hardcover
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$1697
Picture Book · Ages 3–5 · 2019
Reading Beauty
In a kingdom among the stars, books are banned after a fairy curses the princess to sleep from a paper cut.
44 pages· 623 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud
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A rhyming read-aloud for children who love books$17.99Save 6%
Hardcover
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$1697
Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 2008
Snoring Beauty
By Bruce Hale, Howard Fine (Illustrator)
A garlic-scented fairy’s bungled curse turns the sleeping princess into a dragon, while a frog narrates the mess.
44 pages· 1,268 words· Est. 10 min read-aloud
Best for
The funniest picture-book twist on the shelf3.9/5 Goodreads · 665 ratings
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Hardcover
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$1697
Picture Book · Ages 3–6 · 2016
Sleeping Beauty
By Lynn Roberts, David Roberts (Illustrator)
A girl from the 1950s sleeps for a thousand years and wakes to the flying cars and robots she once imagined.
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Hardcover
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$574
Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2006
Sleeping Beauty: The One Who Took the Really Long Nap
Rose and a prince with ogre blood tell the long-nap story from opposite sides of the thorn hedge.
176 pages· 35,644 words· Est. 4 hour read
Best for
A quick middle-grade retelling with two viewpoints4.0/5 Goodreads · 2,885 ratings
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Paperback
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$1597
Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 2010
The Wide-Awake Princess
By E.D. Baker · Book #1 in the Tales of the Wide-Awake Princess series
When a curse puts the whole castle to sleep, the one princess immune to magic must leave it and find the cure.
261 pages· 61,067 words· Est. 7 hour read
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A middle-grade quest with a series to continue4.1/5 Goodreads · 14,264 ratings
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Hardcover
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$759
Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2013
Dream On
By Sarah Mlynowski · Book #4 in the Whatever After series
A magic mirror drops two siblings and their friends into a Sleeping Beauty story where the princess is awake and the wrong girl is asleep.
176 pages· 25,311 words· Est. 3.5 hour read
Best for
Fans of funny, fast fairy-tale series4.2/5 Goodreads · 5,405 ratings
$7.99Save 5%
Paperback
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Sleeping Beauty Board Books for Babies & Toddlers
A very small first shelf: the spindle, the fairies, and the long sleep compressed into sturdy pages, plus a dinosaur version and a first look at the ballet. Ages 0–4.
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$799
Sleeping Beauty
Ages 0–3 · 2013
A cursed princess awaits true love's kiss to awaken.
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$899
Sleeping Bronty
Ages 2–4 · 2020
A fairy's curse threatens a dinosaur's royal destiny.
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$1199
The Sleeping Beauty
Ages 0–3 · 2019
Discover a magical world of ballet with kings, queens, and fairies.
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Sleeping Beauty Picture Books
Traditional tellings, ballet and musical editions, and funny changes involving dragons, paper cuts, snores, and a thousand-year nap. Ages 3–8.
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$1799
Snoring Beauty
Ages 4–8 · 2014
A snoring princess disrupts a mouse's wedding eve. Can a prince's kiss save the day?
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$1499
Ella Bella Ballerina and The Sleeping Beauty
Ages 5–8 · 2008
A music box transports Ella to a magical world where she witnesses the Sleeping Beauty tale unfold.
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$599
Disney Sleeping Beauty
Ages 3–7 · 1986
A princess's fate hangs in the balance when love defies a dark curse.
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$1059
Sleeping Beauty
Ages 4–7 · 2015
A cursed princess faces a century-long sleep. Can magic alter her fate?
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$1799
Peeping Beauty
Ages 4–7 · 2019
A chick hesitates to hatch. Can love coax it out?
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Graphic Nov.
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$999
Sleeping Beauty, Magic Master
Ages 8–12 · 2016
A princess must break a curse of eternal sleep with a magical potion.
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$1699
Very Little Sleeping Beauty
Ages 4–7 · 2016
A toddler resists bedtime on the eve of her birthday. Will she finally sleep?
Graphic Nov.
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$1295
Don't Call Me Princess! (Graphic Novel)
Ages 4–9 · 2018
Reimagine fairy tales with bold heroines rewriting their own stories.
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$1899
The Sleeping Beauty
Ages 5–7 · 2018
A timeless tale of enchantment and romance brought to life through stunning illustrations.
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$1299
Sleeping Beauty
Ages 4–8 · 2014
Relive the magic of Sleeping Beauty's enchanting tale.
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$599
Sleeping Beauty and the Good Fairies
Ages 2–5 · 2018
Three fairies scramble to prepare for a royal visit without their magic wands.
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Sleeping Beauty Chapter Books & Retellings
Short fractured tales, fairy-tale series, and full-length fantasy novels that follow the curse into new kingdoms and new points of view. Ages 6–17.
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$599
Sleeping Beauty Dreams Big
Ages 8–12 · 2015
A daring girl must avoid sharp objects to escape her fate.
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$899
Maleficent
Ages 10–14 · 2014
Discover the untold story behind Maleficent's curse on Sleeping Beauty.
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$1699
The Bravest Princess
Ages 8–12 · 2014
Annie must help Snow White choose the right prince amidst kingdom chaos.
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$1899
Mistress of All Evil
Ages 10–13 · 2017
Discover why the dark fairy cursed the princess in this tale of betrayal and magic.
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$1699
Sleeping Beauty's Daughters
Ages 8–12 · 2013
Two sisters race against time to break a curse threatening eternal sleep.
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$1699
Briar and Rose and Jack
Ages 10–12 · 2019
Two girls and a boy challenge a giant, but a hidden curse threatens their quest.
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$895
Sleeping Beauty
Ages 13–18 · 2012
A prince enters a haunted castle, awakening a curse that threatens everything.
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$1699
Curse of the Thirteenth Fey
Ages 9–10 · 2012
A fairy's mishap threatens a kingdom and a newborn princess's fate.
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$2499
The Snoring Princess
Ages 6–8 · 2020
A princess vanishes before a spell ends. Can two friends find her in time?
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$795
Sleeping Beauty
Ages 7–12 · 2015
A princess sleeps under a curse, awaiting a prince's kiss.
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