Beauty and the Beast
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Beauty and the Beast
By (Author) Mahlon F. Craft
Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
25th August 2016
25th August 2016
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
813.54
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 229mm, Height 279mm
415g
Description
The tale is as old as time: A man steals a rose from the garden of a beast. His beautiful daughter sacrifices herself to a life in the beasts castle to protect her father. The beast and the girl fall in love and live happily ever after....
In a glorious palace set deep in a mysterious forest, the tale of a fathers fate-filled promise and a daughters courage unfolds with lyrical prose and lavish illustration.
In the spirit of Mahlon and Kinuko Crafts previous collaborations, their acclaimed fairy-tale retellings of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, this classic story is brought to life with sumptuous paintings and ornamental detail in this lush picture book to be cherished at story time again and again.
Reviews
Effectively captures the mystery and magic of this tale in lyrical language. The illustrations are nothing short of gorgeous. There is a certain misty luminosity that carries readers into this forest of illusion. -- School Library Journal
Author Bio
Mahlon F. Craft came to writing late in life. Beauty and the Beast is his second published work as an author. He is a graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati. After completing postgraduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1960s, he worked as an award-winning art director and graphic designer. Beauty and the Beast is the ninth picture book of his design. Kinuko Y. Craft has won more than one hundred graphic-arts awards, including five gold medals from the Society of Illustrators. In 2008, she was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Her art has been in print for almost half a century, appearing on the covers of such prestigious publications as Time and Newsweek. Her illustrated books on Greek myths and of classic fairy tales have been published in the United States and other English-language countries, and in Europe, China, and Korea. Says Kirkus Reviews, "Every detail of her work-the flowers by a spring, a red cloak unfurled against a blue sky, moonlight on a tiger's back-is beautifully rendered." Beauty and the Beast is her ninth illustrated book.
