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This was goooorgeous! When I was on my K.Y. Craft binge, I read two of Marianna Mayer's picture books that K.Y. had illustrated (The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave). They were my favorite ones story-wise, so I looked into more Marianna Mayer. When I first laid eyes upon this beautiful edition of Beauty and the Beast, I fell in love. The illustrations are so dark, rich, romantic. Who is the artist, I must know!

... wait ... Mercer Mayer? Mercer Mayer? "Little Critter" Mercer Mayer??

Those books were my childhood! Though the Little Critter illustrations are cute (and filled with nostalgia), I was blown away that Mercer Mayer illustrated Beauty and the Beast! They are on a completely different level!

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5.0

i really liked this book and the art work was beautiful

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2.0

I actually didn't read this version. I read a translation of Mme Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont version from 1756 but I couldn't find it on here. The story had what I look for in fairy tales which is unjustified, overly harsh punishment for minor characters.

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