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Beauty and the beast

Morpurgo, Michael2013
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After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three daughters to return to the palace in his place - but she must come of her own free will. Beautiful, kind-hearted Belle agrees at once to return to the palace, and there she and the Beast exist companionably, with the Beast asking of Belle the same question at the end of each day: 'Dearest Belle, will you marry me?' After a return home to consult with her father, Belle resolves to follow her heart and return to the Beast, but her plans are thwarted by the trickery of her jealous sisters.
Main title:
Beauty and the beast / retold by Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Loretta Schauer.
Author:
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2013.
Collation:
30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.
Audience:
Preschool.
ISBN:
9780007513406 (pbk)0007513402
Dewey class:
823.9'2JnJNRead, Write Inc / FairytalesJF
Local class:
FJFPB
Language:
English
Index terms:
AR 4.7
BRN:
578572
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