Beauty, A Retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
Harper Collins
Hardcover
Ages 8+
*KRISTEN’S PICK!*
I read Beauty when I was in eighth grade, and have read it at least once a year since then. This book taught me about romance. The romance of language, and that love can come in very unexpected forms. It also introduced me, (in a very non-threatening way) to authors such as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Scott and Edmund Spenser. Beautifully and elegantly written, this is a book for people who have poetry in their souls.
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?”
Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley’s beloved and acclaimed novel has been delighting readers for more than forty years.
Harper Collins
Hardcover
Ages 8+
*KRISTEN’S PICK!*
I read Beauty when I was in eighth grade, and have read it at least once a year since then. This book taught me about romance. The romance of language, and that love can come in very unexpected forms. It also introduced me, (in a very non-threatening way) to authors such as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Scott and Edmund Spenser. Beautifully and elegantly written, this is a book for people who have poetry in their souls.
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?”
Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley’s beloved and acclaimed novel has been delighting readers for more than forty years.
Harper Collins
Hardcover
Ages 8+
*KRISTEN’S PICK!*
I read Beauty when I was in eighth grade, and have read it at least once a year since then. This book taught me about romance. The romance of language, and that love can come in very unexpected forms. It also introduced me, (in a very non-threatening way) to authors such as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Scott and Edmund Spenser. Beautifully and elegantly written, this is a book for people who have poetry in their souls.
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?”
Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley’s beloved and acclaimed novel has been delighting readers for more than forty years.