Eilenberg, Max. (2006). Beauty and the beast. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Pr.
Appropriate for students in second to sixth grades.
This story is a basic retelling of the original French Beauty and the Beast and the watercolor illustrations fittingly have an impressionist quality about them. There is a love of gardens and flowers in particular that also corresponds well with the romance often associated with French stories.
Best Books:
Children’s Books 2006: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2006
Children’s Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, Supplement, 2007
School Library Journal Best Books, 2006
This is a good book to use for students with active imaginations, or to try to cultivate imaginations in students who fall under the “low-fantasy” category. There are enough pictures to give readers a good start, but the muted quality invites the reader to fill in more details in their own mind. Teachers and librarians could use this book in combination with an art class, asking students to draw scenes, rooms, costumes and other details that are not depicted by illustrator, Angela Barrett.
French roots.
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