Hansel and Gretel

By: Stephen King, Maurice Sendak

Narrated by: Stephen King

The classic, haunting tale of two brave children lost in an eerie and dangerous forest, reimagined by literary legends: Stephen King and Maurice Sendak.

Let Stephen King, global bestselling and award-winning author, and Maurice Sendak, beloved creator of the Caldecott-Medal winning Where the Wild Things Are, guide you into this most deliciously daring rendition of the traditional Grimm fairy tale. But will you find your way back out?©2025 Stephen King

Critic reviews

Masters of their craft

Gorgeous, Blakean images

Don't get gobbled up. That primal warning is the central thread that glitters darkly through many of the best children's stories... [A] new version of Hansel and Gretel...by Stephen King no less...Yes, please.

Sendak loved the poet and artist William Blake...and his hero's influence illuminates every page of this gorgeous hardback

King's punch-like prose and Sendak's haunting drawings make for an immensely absorbing book: Hansel's nightmarish visions brilliantly project the readers' anxieties. And, as with Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak's drawings tease with their beauty as much as with their menace.

[A}fascinating curio for the horror fan who has small kids

[A] joy from start to end

If your young reader likes fairy tales with a gleefully Gothic edge, this is the book for them

[T]his glorious picture book features King's reimagining of the late illustrator Sendak's beautiful opera set and costume designs for the Humperdinck opera based on Hansel and Gretel. The result is a thrilling book brimming with the menace

A story filled with both darkness and light, traditional and modern storytelling, illustrations that will carry you into the dark wood

A cracker

Wonderful

Thhis adaptation was pure enjoyment. We all loved it - 3 generations glued to the phone 😍

Love it!

Loved the story. Added bonus: he narrated it. With he would revisit all our childhood fairytale. And nightmares.