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Beauty and the Beast
Average rating
4.1 out of 5
Based on 151 Ratings and 24 Reviews

Book Description
This beloved old French fairy tale has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years. Beauty, as you may recall, is the youngest daughter of a devoted father who has fallen on hard times. Returning from a journey, he picks a rose for his daughter, enraging the owner of the rosebush, the fearsome boarlike Beast who inhabits a nearby castle. As payment for the rose, Beauty must leave her family and res... More
Book Information
PublisherSandpiper
BindingPaperback (18 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-10039555702X
ISBN-13978-0395557020
Publication Date01/01/1990
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About Jan Brett (Author) : With over thirty three million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she g... more
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11/17/2009 jacklyn curb said:
The classic tale of Beauty that is traded for her father’s place in a Beast’s castle, and whom ultimately falls in love with the Beast. The story’s linear plot is not as scary as some interpretations. The story is a happily ever after, love conquers all, conventional type story. Every characte... more

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