He described to readers how the sandman came to be and defeated Pitch, the King of Nightmares.

Lastly, I thought it was very cool how Joyce gave the ?history? on such a classic legend, the sandman.

It was a great example of an entertaining fantasy. The story had a very imaginative feel to it which made it adventurous and fun to read. Secondly, I loved the style in which Joyce wrote the book. Without the pictures, this book wouldn?t have half the fantastic effect that it does. Each illustration emphasizes Joyce?s words accurately and describes exactly what mood he is trying to portray. First, the illustrations are absolutely beautiful and depict the ?dream-like? feel of the sandman?s story perfectly. ?The Sandman? one of William Joyce?s guardians of children series is an excellent book which I enjoyed for many reasons. So think of the books and the movie as two separate and non-related entities. It doesn't even have the same characters! Well, the characters look the same and have the same names but they are not the same characters as known in the books. It has absolutely nothing to do with these books, this series, AT ALL. I do want to warn readers though to *stay away* from the movie. The illustration is just as appealing as the text. There aren't very many top-notch fantasy novels/series for the 7-11 age group and this is up there with the first Spiderwick Chronicles in my opinion. I read half one day and finished up the next, just so I could savour and linger over the story. This book starts with current events but it does retell his background so you don't need to have read the picture book, but who would want to miss such a beautiful book?! This is just such a fast-paced adventurous story where I absolutely heart all the characters that I made myself take two days to read it. If you've read the last book, the picture book 'The Sandman' then you've already met Sanderson Mansnoozy and know his background story. I absolutely LOVE this series and was sooo excited to read this next volume.

The sandman william joyce