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Short Form (All Genres)

Your Name: Lizeth Reyes


Title: Beauty and the Beast Author: Marianna Mayer

Illustrator: Mercer Mayer Publisher/Year: Four Winds Press 1978

Genre: Folktale, Fairytale

Summarize the content of the book –


A. For Fiction Form Genres—Explain the characters, the setting, theme and plot of the
book: A poor merchant has three daughters. The youngest is Beauty. Beauty also has
three brothers. The setting is in a village. The family lost all their fortune and the
children complain to the father, but Beauty always supported his father and did not
complain like the others. One day, the merchant went to find a rose for Beauty, but
the beast found him and told him that he needed to bring one of his daughters to
take his place. The merchant took Beauty and she didn't refuse to help her dad. They
fall in love but when her dad becomes sick, the Beast lets her go to stay with her dad.
Beast is sad and when Beauty returns, he is dead. She kisses him, and he wakes up but
as a handsome prince. They get married and live happy. The theme of the story is that
no matter is happening, true love will always conquer it all.
Explain how the book appeals to children, their interests, developmental levels, fun
illustrations etc. Give specific examples from the book:
Fairytales and princes are interesting to young children. This version of the story is different
compared to the modern one, and it will leave the children interested with new information. Young
children will be happy to see that the Beast could love someone when he hates everybody. For
example, he let Beauty go to see her ill father. He knew he loved her, yet he let her go to see her
happy. This loving story started off as a debt, but it ended with a new marriage with love. Young
children love happy endings, and this fairytale story will sparkle their reading.
Rate the book 3

Explain your rating.


I am fascinated with this story, yet I have not read different versions. This version of Beauty and the
Beast offers good text and illustrations to the story. Disney simplified the story, but Marianna Mayer
brings new concepts to the table. Beauty has siblings, and they are different from her, but what if she
had another sibling that was an understanding as her? Her world would have been a lot different. I
didn't know that her family was rich before, and that is something interesting to research.

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