Beauty and the Beast
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.
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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781587171482 (1587171481)
ASIN: 1587171481
Publish date: February 1st 2002
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
The BatB was never my favorite of the fairy tales, and this version portrays Beauty as the usual nauseatingly sweet martyr, with the other female characters as the usual nasty vindictive bitches. This is one I couldn't fault Disney on, at least Belle could kick some ass. However, the gorgeous illust...
Even though by now I really should know better I can't help but be surprised by Mercer Mayer's fairy tale illustrations. I mean this is the same guy who does the Little Critter books. I'm not knocking his skills at all because he happens to be one of my favorite illustrators (see: Liza Lou, Profes...
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