The Beauty and the Beast Colouring Book (Macmillan Classic Colouring Book): 6 (Macmillan Classic Colouring Books, 6) - Softcover

Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509839364 ISBN 13: 9781509839360

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2017

Synopsis

Escape into a fairy tale world with this enchanting colouring book based on Beauty and the Beast.

A wonderfully decorative colouring book, full of familiar characters, irresistible patterns and designs that are perfect for colouring in. With images of Beauty and her family, the Beast and his magnificent castle, and scenes from this most romantic of fairy tales, this book can be brought to life with vivid colour and imagination.

The images in this book have been inspired by the illustrations for Beauty and the Beast by the Victorian artist Walter Crane, a close friend of William Morris and a member of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Also available as Macmillan Classic colouring books:
The Macmillan Alice Colouring Book
The Macmillan Jungle Book Colouring Book
The Moomin Colouring Book
The Little Mermaid: A Colouring Book

About this title

About the Author

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (1685 - 1755) was a French novelist who wrote the story La Belle et La Bête (Beauty and the Beast), first published in 1740. Based on a tale that dates back thousands of years, Villeneuve's story is the oldest known written version. It was the length of a novel and after her death in 1755, the story was abridged and rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Beaumont's version was published in 1756 in her Magasin des Enfants, a widely popular publication. She gave no credit to Villeneuve as the author of La Belle et la Bête and so Beaumont is often referred to as the author of this famous fairytale. Her shortened version is the one best known today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509839364
• ISBN 13: 9781509839360
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96