Beauty and the Beast: A Coloring Book by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, Walter Crane
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Source: Media Masters Publicity Paperback, 96 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate
Beauty and the Beast: A Coloring Book by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, with illustrations by Walter Crane, is a beautifully appointed coloring book for children and adults alike. Kids may have trouble staying in the lines, but the story is beautifully rendered in these pages. The illustrations are intricate and easily hide the spying Beast among the roses and the forest, but Beauty has little fear as she makes her way to the mysterious palace.
While there are many pages to color inside the book, there are several pages of patterns that repeat, with swirls or birds or roses. There are few lines of text from the original story, which we had expected to be a bit more of. It's hard for a younger reader to grasp the scope of this beloved story with so few lines from the original tale. However, my daughter really enjoyed creating her own rose gardens and painting the birds with her crayons and other materials.
Beauty and the Beast: A Coloring Book by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, with illustrations by Walter Crane, is a delightful book for coloring to calm the mind.
RATING: Quatrain