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Title details for Beauty and the Beast by Cynthia Rylant - Available

Beauty and the Beast

by Cynthia Rylant
Meg Park
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Beauty asks for little, finding joy in simple things and the company of her father. The Beast, shut away from the world in his great stone castle, knows only loneliness. Brought together by a stolen rose, each finds that love may call for sacrifice, but true love can bloom in even the darkest places. Newbery medalist Cynthia Rylant tells a classic tale of bravery and transformation with stunning, lyrical prose, accompanied by Meg Park's soft yet vibrant illustration

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 30, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781484750018

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.8
    • Lexile® Measure: 610
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      June 1, 2017

      PreS-Gr 2-Rylant breaks away from the movie versions to deliver a less joyous retelling that is deeper in tone and closer to the classic fairy tale. There's no arrogant and funny Gaston, nor are there enchanted castle inhabitants. Instead, the narrative evolves between a frightening yet noble Beast and a brave and kind Beauty. Ultimately, the Beast is dying because Beauty declines his marriage proposal, and his curse is broken only when Beauty reciprocates his love. Rylant's narrative flows poetically and allows young readers to absorb vocabulary words that enrich the plot's structure. Primary grade readers will engage with the pleasing sounds of the text and will immerse themselves in the dreamy quality of the images, which are heightened by the illustrator's use of shades of magenta and violet. These visual elements interact with the curved line of the illustrations to enhance the meaning of the text. VERDICT A poetic retelling that will melt readers's hearts, and a must for school and public libraries.-Kathia Ibacache, Simi Valley Public Library, CA

      Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2017
      There's little remarkable about Rylant's retelling of the old tale, except that she occasionally resorts to archaic sentence structure to lend a folkloric flavor ("There erupted then such a sound as to nearly stop the man's heart beating..."). Park's illustrations have some warmth but resemble cels from an animated film (though not the famous Disney production.) More beautiful editions of the story are available.

      (Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.8
  • Lexile® Measure:610
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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