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Beauty and the Beast

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Author(s):Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Illustrator(s):Hilary Knight
Translator(s):Richard Howard
Publisher(s): Macmillan Company
Year Published: 1963
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Fairy Tales - Classic
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 36
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
LCCN: 63024821
OCLC: 4829307

Description

The story of a young woman who sacrifices herself, first for her father, then for her beast.

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Other Editions

Beauty and the Beast (1942)

This version of the famous story of Beauty and the Beast appeared in the Perry Pie Gift Book #1.

Publisher: Powell Perry
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Beauty and the Beast (1990)

A young woman sacrifices herself for love of her father, then for love of her beast.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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