<p>Award-winning team Mahlon and Kinuko Craft bring us a gorgeous and vivid retelling of the classic story of <em>Beauty and the Beast </em>in this stunningly illustrated picture book.</p><p>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 beast’s castle to protect her father. The beast and the girl fall in love and live happily ever after…</p><p>This beloved tale is captured with lyrical prose and lavish illustration. In the spirit of the Crafts’ previous collaborations, their acclaimed fairy-tale retellings of <em>Cinderella </em>and <em>Sleeping Beauty</em>, this timeless tale is brought to life with sumptuous paintings and ornamental detail in this lush picture book to be cherished at story time again and again. </p>