Beauty and the Beast
10 best books like Beauty and the Beast (Nancy Willard): Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, Book Crush: For Kids and Teens--Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest, Beauty and the Beast, Peter in Blueberry Land, Little Red Riding Hood, The Snow Princess, The Lady and the Lion: A Brothers Grimm Tale, The Fairy-Tale Princess: Seven Classic Stories from the Enchanted Forest
| Author | Marianna Mayer |
| ISBN | 1587171481 |
I learned about this book from a good friend's blog and went straight to Amazon to find a used copy. Much to my delight, it looks to be a first edition from 1978 (although I'm not sure how many editions there are). The cover was in horrible condition when it arrived as it was falling to pieces. I...
| Author | Jan Brett |
| ISBN | 0899194974 |
The artwork here is so gorgeous. Jan’s drawings of peacocks and roses is enough alone to check out this book and look at them. The one mistake I see is that Jan chose to make Beauty blonde - I don’t approve of that decision, but otherwise this is a good rendition. It is closer to the myth that Robin McKinley...
| Author | Peter Christen Asbjørnsen |
| ISBN | 1564020495 |
"This wondrous tale is brilliantly matched by Lynch's elegant yet accessible watercolors. . . .The best edition now available. Bravo!" —KIRKUS REVIEWS (pointered review)
A beloved Norwegian folktale, EAST O' THE SUN AND WEST O' THE MOON is the romantic story of a bewitched prince and the...
| Author | Nancy Pearl |
| ISBN | 1570615004 |
From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Nancy Pearl has developed more thematic lists of books to enjoy. The Book Lust audience is committed to reading, and here is a smart and entertaining tool for picking the best books for kids. Divided into three sections--Easy Books, Middle-Grade...
| Author | Max Eilenberg |
| ISBN | 0763631604 |
Exquisite paintings and a lush retelling bring a treasured classic to new life.
A beautiful daughter dreams of meeting a handsome prince, but in order to save her father's life, she leaves home to live with a terrible, frightening beast. Though her patron is hideous, his disarming generosity...
| Author | Elsa Beskow |
| ISBN | 0863154980 |
Like with the vast majority of Floris Books of Edinburgh's editions that feature so-called translations, that present English language renderings of classical continental Western European children's literature picture books, Elsa Beskow's Peter in Blueberry Land (the original 1901 Swedish...
" . . . what big eyes you have!"
Originating in seventeenth-century French folklore, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has long been one of the world's most memorable tales of childhood, with its haunting journey into the dark woods, tumultuous encounter with the big, bad wolf, and heroic...
| Author | Ruth Sanderson |
| ISBN | 0316779822 |
I love to read picture books, mainly for their illustrations. Ruth Sanderson's illustrations are always exceptional. Here, she knocks this out of the park because this is full of magic and the most amazing illustrations.
As for the story, this has a happier ending compared to the story I knew...
| Author | Jacqueline K. Ogburn |
| ISBN | 0803726511 |
Love and honor can overcome even the fiercest obstacles, as we see in this spellbinding fairy tale, with shades of "Beauty and the Beast." To save her father, a young woman must go to the castle of a menacing lion. She fears for her life, but finds kindness rather than danger there, for the lion by day is a...
The Fairy-Tale Princess: Seven Classic Stories from the Enchanted Forest
| Author | Su Blackwell |
| ISBN | 0500650063 |
This is a beautiful collection of seven fairy tales Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Snow White, The Princess and the Pea, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses organized around the theme of the fairytale princess and retold in a fresh and lyrical voice by Wendy Jones. They are illustrated...
| Author | Belle Becker Sideman |
| ISBN | 0895770784 |
Contents
Jorinda and Joringel
Puss in Boots
The Emperor's New Clothes
Billy Beg and His Bull
Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes
The Red Shoes
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Snegourka, the Snow Maiden
The Three Little Pigs
The Shoemaker and...
| Author | Tasha Tudor |
| ISBN | 0448442000 |
Many of the classic fairy tales are included in this wonderful compilation; including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Thumbelina, Rumpelstiltskin, The Emperor's New Clothes and a few others, some not as well known.
Each page is decorated with lovely painted borders...
"This is an odd book" or so states the author in 1917 for his first introduction. A fairytale with seven league boots, a princess, an enchantment, and the Countess Belvane. As Milne wrote in a later introduction: "But, as you see, I am still finding it difficult to explain just what sort of book it is. Perhaps...
| Author | Katrin Hyman Tchana |
| ISBN | 0316387010 |
I've just read this quickly before sending it to my niece. I'm disappointed that the prose doesn't sparkle. Tchana is a pedestrian stylist and there are certainly better-written folktales. But the content is fabulous. The 'princesses' are bright, curious, patient, physically courageous, thoughtful,...
| Author | Wendy Froud |
| ISBN | 0743202341 |
Carefully combing his ears and tail and wearing his finest red felt boots, a furry young faery named Sneezle prepares for the Midwinter festival in Old Oak Wood -- the oldest faery court in the British Isles. All the denizens of the wood have gathered for this grand winter holiday...but this year something...
| Author | Mahlon F. Craft |
| ISBN | 0060539194 |
Award-winning team Mahlon and Kinuko Craft bring us a gorgeous and vivid retelling of the classic story of Beauty and the Beast in this stunningly illustrated picture book.
The tale is as old as time: A man steals a rose from the garden of a beast. His beautiful daughter sacrifices herself to...
| Author | Kim Krans |
| ISBN | 0553539310 |
Remember ANIMALIA by Graeme Base? I adored that book as a child--akin to a surrealist I Spy, it would keep me transfixed as I searched the packed pages for all of the animals and objects (and the tiny boy!).
Kim Krans’s ABC DREAM is a gorgeous, sparer counterpart to Base’s classic. There is...
Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
| Author | Isabella Hatkoff |
| ISBN | 0439899591 |
The in-demand follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, OWEN & MZEE, the friendship that has touched millions around the world.
In this exciting follow-up to OWEN & MZEE, the New York Times bestselling story about an orphaned baby hippo named Owen and the 130-year-old giant turtle,...
Beauty & the Beast: A Pop-up Book of the Classic Fairy Tale
| Author | Robert Sabuda |
| ISBN | 1416960791 |
Even more innovative than his last, Robert Sabuda will captivate all with his latest pop-up masterpiece, Beauty & the Beast!
True love blooms in this three-dimensional adaptation of a beloved fairy tale. Amazing paper structures and classically styled artwork lead readers through...
| Author | Kate Banks |
| ISBN | 0399554092 |
This deeply emotional read-aloud about a lost wolf pup who is raised by a loving polar bear is sure to resonate with families - particularly non-traditional ones.
You are not my mother, said the wolf pup.
I am not your mother, said the polar bear, but I can cuddle you and keep you safe.
Here...
| Author | Faith Ringgold |
| ISBN | 0517709473 |
A timely and beautiful look at America's rich history of immigration and diversity, from Faith Ringgold, the Coretta Scott King and Caldecot Honor winning creator of Tar Beach
From the Native Americans who first called this land their home, to the millions of people who have flocked to its...
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures
| Author | Amnesty International |
| ISBN | 1845076508 |
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on 10th December 1948. It was compiled after World War Two to declare and protect the rights of all people from all countries. This beautiful collection, published 60 years on, celebrates each declaration with an illustration by an internationally-renowned...
