The sleeping kingdom

Playful, charming and adapted for the theater, The Sleeping Kingdom is one of the stories from Once Upon a Time a Sleepy Kingdom , a partnership between Leo Cunha and Ricardo Benevides.

After transforming the world of traditional games and pastimes into a setting for adventure, Leo Cunha heads to a different realm.

The author of more than 30 books and winner of important literary awards in Brazil, invites the reader to travel through the story of a sad king who forbids time to pass after the death of his daughter, the beautiful princess Clarice, who fell from the top of the palace tower.

Following this tragedy, by decree of His Majesty the Sovereign King, all subjects must remove their colored clothing and wear black, as the kingdom is in mourning. Clocks are banned, and no one is born or dies.

In the Sleeping Kingdom, not much happens until, even without passing, time soothes the pain, bringing new hope to the king and his wife. With beautiful illustrations by André Neves, The Sleeping Kingdom is moving both for the beauty of the images and the author's delicate prose.