A beautiful picture-book fairytale from the global bestselling author of Coraline & The Graveyard Book ‘ The lush strangeness of the tale & the beauty of its illustrations remain richly memorable.’ Guardian In a hot, hot country, ringed with mountains on one side & jungle on the other, lives a princess called Cinnamon. Her eyes are made from pearls, which means that she is blind. &, for reasons her parents the Rajah & Rani cannot fathom, she will not talk. So they offer a reward to anyone who can teach Cinnamon to speak. People travel from far & wide to attempt it, but nothing works. Until a mighty tiger, huge & fierce, prowls into their palace & announces that he is here to teach the girl-cub to talk … A mighty fable from Neil Gaiman, winner of the Newbery & Carnegie Medals, illustrated in vivid colour by up-&-coming talent Divya Srinivasan