title: Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!: The Story of Sleeping Beauty as Told by the Good and Bad Fairies (The Other Side of the Story)
author:  Trisha Speed Shaskan 
description: When Trisha Speed Shaskan was a girl, she wanted to become a superhero. Her mother gave her a Wonder Woman costume. Her dad crafted her a tiara and bracelets out of metal to match. Trisha imagined she could fight evil, fly an invisible airplane, and get anyone to tell the truth. While she didnt grow up to be Wonder Woman, she still uses her imagination to write stories and to teach creative writing. Trisha has taught creative writing to children and adults for thirteen years. She has published 26 books for children, and more are forthcoming. She has an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Trisha currently lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen, and their cat, Eartha, named after Eartha Kitt, famous for her role as Catwoman.
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  The Sleeping Beauty & the Dragon
  
  
  Copyright 2014
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Peter Joseph Swanson
  
  
  Once upon a time, a queen asked her magic mirror, “Mirror mirror on the wall,
  who is the best mother of them all?”
  
  
  
  
  
  The pumpkin face in her magic mirror said, “You.”
  
  
  The queen looked confused. “But… I have no baby.”
  
  
  The magic mirror said, “You will get a surprise.”
  
  
  The queen clapped her hands, with happiness.
  
  
  Then there was a knock on the door. A fairy wasp silently handed a sleeping
  baby girl to the queen.
  
  
  The queen asked the fairy wasp, “Who is this? Is this a princess?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The fairy wasp did not say a word but quickly flew away.
  
  
  The queen never left the baby’s side. Next to the crib, she sat at her spindle
  and spun thread, as she sang, “Wake up little baby, wake up.”
  
  
  The sleeping baby grew up but never once woke up. The sleeping beauty became
  the news of all the land.
  
  
  
  
  
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  One day in the kingdom, a wise old witch asked her magic m