Beauty and the Beast

by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Marie Beaumont, Jean Cocteau, et al.

Book Overview

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. Its first published version was written by French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in the middle 18th century. It was a novel-length... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671707205
• ISBN13: 9780671707200
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 35 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 13.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

Absolute favorite from childhood

I still have this book, a bit battered but still beautiful. The illustrations capture the look of art nouveaux. There is a mirror in the book that looks just like one I saw in the Detroit Institute of Art. My father gave this to me when I was 5. I am holding on to it to show my grandchildren. Because of this book, I began collecting illustrated children's books. This book is a treasure in my library.

Reissue this beautiful book, please!

This lovely illustrated version of the classic tale should be reissued immediately. The lush, dreamlike illustrations by Hilary Knight are enough to make this book a must-have for collectors as well as children. Every image is exquisite; instead of the usual blonde heroine, Beauty is presented as a faintly Audrey Hepburn-esque brunette with sultry eyelids and a cascade of straight, raven hair. Landscapes and interiors are rendered with richness, detail, and imagination. What a pity that this volume--which I remember from my childhood--is now rarely to be found even in libraries!