"One freezing night, an old beggar woman came to the castle. She offered the Prince a red rose in return for shelter from the cold..."

In an enchanted castle, a beautiful, independent heroine encounters a monstrous beast. Although she becomes his prisoner, she sees the goodness deep within the Beast's hardened heart, and their friendship begins to blossom – all while an arrogant villain plots against them.

Disney's Academy Award-winning Beauty and the Beast is a story of the powerful magic of love, and here you can relive that magic. Faithfully retold in a true read-aloud style, with original, full-color artwork from the Disney film, here is a new classic – a tale as old as time.