> Skip to content
  • Published: 28 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241552407
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $22.00

The Fairytale Hairdresser and Sleeping Beauty




This bestselling picture book has had a gorgeous makeover!

A wicked fairy has cast a spell sending Princess Rose into a deep sleep! With the help of some fairy godmothers and a dashing, green-fingered prince, Kittie Lacey must break the spell.

A refreshed edition of this spell-binding story full of favourite fairytale characters, starring the best hairdresser in all the land, Kittie Lacey!

  • Published: 28 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241552407
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $22.00

About the authors

Abie Longstaff

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling, chaos and bossing younger sisters around. So she logically began her career as a barrister. She started writing when her children were born. Her favourite childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley, A Little Princess, Maura's Angel and The Black Stallion and she sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie lives in Hove with her family.

Lauren Beard

Lauren Beard is an illustrator based in Manchester. As a young girl she always loved drawing and reading, and would write and illustrate short stories for her two younger brothers. She has been fascinated by animals, fairy tales and folklore since her childhood, when she would visit her Irish Grandma and was told to "watch out for the fairies!"

Her work is hand-drawn and coloured both digitally and by hand, using all types of media to get different textures. Lauren enjoys adding little details and modern humour to her illustrations appealing to children and adults alike.

Lauren lives with her cat, Sushi, who keeps her company when drawing.

Praise for The Fairytale Hairdresser and Sleeping Beauty

It's very clever, peppered throughout with references to fairy tales - how many can you spot? The lovely glittery cover gives this book instant appeal. A witty story that adults will love to share with their children.

Parents in Touch