


In addition to the title tale, this volume includes five stories by Charles Perrault, the noted French author and compiler of fairy tales. Now this new edition of Beauty and the Beast will continue to captivate young audiences with its timeless appeal. The story’s fame has spread around the world in recent years via a classic animated film and a popular Broadway musical.

That charming eighteenth-century tale of the transformative power of love has enchanted generations of readers and listeners to the present day. It was long ago and far away that a French governess told her little pupils a wonderful story called Beauty and the Beast, about a pretty girl’s love for a gentle but physically repulsive creature.
