Briar Rose

[maeniel]

You know, I never really liked Disney's Sleeping Beauty.  The music wasn't catchy (except the waltz.  I LOVED the waltz.), and there just didn't seem to be as much action as the other movies.

So of course, I unwittingly picked the English class that is spending half of the semester on Sleeping Beauty.  We watched the Disney version, and I liked it

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[ashestoashes]

I haven't read that particular book, but I have another book by Jane Yolen, called The Devil's Arithmetic, which is also based in the Holocaust. It's a really good book as well.
I really want to read Briar Rose now, thanks for recommending it! :]

By the way, Sleeping Beauty never really tickled my fancy either, not sure why.

[tinalles]

I haven't read Briar Rose, but Jane Yolen does good stuff. Her dragon books were quite good, especially the first one.

And "briar rose" was also the name of Snow White's sister, in the Grimm version. I adore fairy tales and myths and legends and fables. Great stuff.