Beauty
Ratings74
Average rating3.7
From Newbery Medal–winning author Robin McKinley, this beloved story illuminates an unlikely love story—Beauty and the Beast.
Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. But what she lacks in appearance, she can perhaps make up for in courage.
When her father comes home with a tale of an enchanted castle in the forest and the terrible promise he had to make to the Beast who lives there, Beauty knows she must travel to the castle, a prisoner of her own free will. Her father insists that he will not let her go, but she responds, “Cannot a Beast be tamed?”
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3 primary books#1 in Folktales
Folktales is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1978 with contributions by Robin McKinley.
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A nearly perfect Beauty and The Beast retelling to me! The story is whimsical but still very grounded in reality. The world building pulled me right in as well. I enjoyed many of the characters, especially Beast who was never mean nor cruel to Beauty.
It was almost 5 stars but then Beast had to go turn into a human again
Leuk boek, vlot geschreven, maar ergens verwachte ik dat er toch iets nieuws aan het verhaal ging worden toegevoegd.
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