Title: Beauty and the Beast
Author: Jane Jerrard
Beauty and the Beast is love story where a merchant’s daughter, Beauty, ends up living with an ugly Beast because her father picked a rose from the Beast's garden to bring home to her. Every night at dinner the Beast asks her if she thinks he is ugly and whether she will marry him, but she tells him not to ask her such a question. Eventually she grows homesick, and he provides her with the means to get home and be able to return to him quickly. After being at home, she misses her time with the Beast and returns to find him ill in the garden and professes her love for him.
This Beauty and the Beast story is much different than the Disney version because Beauty has siblings, there are no magical house objects, and the Beast asks Beauty a question every night. It gives children a different perspective on the classic fairy tale story. There is a lot of text on one page in this version so that the picture only matches one small paragraph at the bottom of the page. The illustrations were very detailed though.
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd.
Copyright: 1992
ISBN: 1-56173-496-9
Monica’s Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney fairytale! I think it would be interesting to read this version and compare the two, since you say it has a lot of differences from the version most people know.
ReplyDeleteThis version sounds very interesting. I have not read it yet, but your summary is very intriguing! I love the Disney version, and your 4 out of 5 rating makes me want to read it even more.
ReplyDeletenow i want to read all of the differences from the movie for myself! i absolutely love this story!
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