Beauty & the beast

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Beauty & the beast

Title:

Beauty & the beast

Alternate title:

Beauty and the beast

Author:

Craft, Mahlon F., author.

Craft, Kinuko, illustrator.

Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie, 1711-1780.

Summary:

In a glorious castle set deep in a mysterious forest, the tale of a father's fate-filled promise and a daughter's courage unfolds. This story, themed on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's version first published in France in 1756, is filled with sumptuous paintings and ornamental detail.

Audience:

Ages 4-8.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Fairy tales.

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Beauty and the beast (Tale) -- Juvenile fiction.

Folklore -- France.

Author(s):

Craft, Kinuko,

Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie, 1711-1780.

Publisher:

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9780060539191

Publication Information:

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Call Number:

P CRAFT

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Summary

Award-winning team Mahlon and Kinuko Craft bring us a gorgeous and vivid retelling of the classic story of Beauty and the Beast in this stunningly illustrated picture book.

The tale is as old as time: A man steals a rose from the garden of a beast. His beautiful daughter sacrifices herself to a life in the beast's castle to protect her father. The beast and the girl fall in love and live happily ever after...

This beloved tale is captured with lyrical prose and lavish illustration. In the spirit of the Crafts' previous collaborations, their acclaimed fairy-tale retellings of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, this timeless tale is brought to life with sumptuous paintings and ornamental detail in this lush picture book to be cherished at story time again and again.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-5-A sumptuous retelling of this well-known story. An author and illustrator's note explains that the Crafts conducted extensive research before finalizing their own text for this classic tale, examining not only Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's version, which was published in France in 1756, but numerous other retellings as well. What has emerged is an adaptation that effectively captures the mystery and magic of this tale in lyrical language. Some dark elements and the length make this book more appropriate for older elementary students. The illustrations are nothing short of gorgeous. Rendered with miniature sable brushes in oil and watercolor on gesso panels, they are rich in detail and depth of color. There is a certain misty luminosity that carries readers into this forest of illusion. VERDICT Even libraries that own Marianna Mayer's beautiful Beauty and the Beast (Four Winds, 1978) should still consider this enchanting addition.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.