Beauty and the Beast: A Creative Tale from the Collection Once upon a Time (Fairy Tales) [Hardcover]

Mary Catherine Aulnoy (Author), Etienne Delessert (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Fairy Tales

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Creative Editions; 1 edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568461291
• ISBN-13: 978-1568461298
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,245,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A different take on Beauty and the Beast, August 9, 2001

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howard johnson "jinglesquid" (Lakeland, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beauty and the Beast: A Creative Tale from the Collection Once upon a Time (Fairy Tales) (Hardcover)

If you are a fan of unusual artwork full of surreal and whimisical florishes, then this may very well be the book for you. This edition is a reprint of the 1983 Beauty and the Beast illustrated by Etienne Delessert. The text is more or less traditional, but the illustrations in this book are not, and tend to symbolize ideas in the story rather than literally illustrate them. If you are familiar with Delessert's work then you pretty much know what to expect. Still, the art is beautiful and full of inventive whimsy. But if you're looking for a more traditionally illustrated version of Beauty and the Beast you may want to look to other editions illustrated by Mercer Mayer or Jan Brett.