Sleeping Beauty has a decidedly modern spin as Annabel, our Beauty, comes of age in the mid-20th century, pricks her finger on a turntable needle and falls into a deep sleep her aunt turns Annabel into a rose and herself into a light, that she may shine on her through her slumber.
Her Prince Charming is in a band called Roger and the Rascals, and he sports platform shoes of his own. Rapunzel has that long, flower child straight hair that was so popular in the 1970s, spins David Bowie’s iconic Aladdin Sane album on her turntable and has Saturday Night Fever, Abba, and Elton John posters on her wall. Cinderella’s evil stepmother and stepsisters have cloches and Louise Brooks-like bobbed hair the dressing gowns are fabulously glamourous and the headdresses are incredible. The storytelling incorporates moments from each time frame, and the art – THE ART! – is filled with nods to each decade. Each is set in a different 20th century (give or take…): Cinderella takes place in the Roaring ’20s, Rapunzel, in the 1970s, and Sleeping Beauty, in the 1950s and beyond. Illustrator siblings David Roberts and Lynn Roberts-Maloney have come together to put a modern, vintage spin on three classics fairy tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. Delightfully Different Fairy Tales, by David Roberts & Lynn Roberts-Maloney, (Oct.
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