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 Neil Gaiman's work has been widely adapted for film & TV including films of Coraline & Stardust & adaptations of American Gods Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett) & How to Talk to Girls at Parties are in the works for 2017