Thanks NetGalley for this ARC, in exchange for an honest review. First, I have to comment on the artistry, Absolutely beautiful, I have a mild affinity for sharp, clean lines and vivid coloring. Gunderson, gave us a brief, yet complete revisit of an epic tale, I believe this a perfect start for introducing wee ones to the world of graphic novels. I will definitely be adding this one to our purchase list! Absolutely adorable!

An odd mix of the classic Beauty and the Beast story with Cinderella's step-sisters mixed in. Loved the art style but overall a fairy superficial read with no depth to the characters.
A quick and pretty read.

This is a cute short graphic novel which i really enjoy reading and the illustrations were cute for the young readers to adapt to it very easily.

Highly recommend it.

*thank you to Jessica Gunderson, Netgalley and Capstone for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review*


3.5 stars

This Graphic Novel of a retelling of Beauty and The Beast is aimed for young readers.

I appreciated how they had instructions at the beginning for those who are new to these kind of books and it showed readers how to read a graphic novel. It also made it to be a bit of an activity book with questions you can answer at the end. The lllustrations were well done and I especially liked how the characters weren't white skinned. We also get to really meet Belles sister's and in a way, this is very similar to the story of Cinderella. I also really like the cover. The colours and the arrangement of the words and pictures are eye catching.

The part that I wasn't a huge fan on was that this is really simplified and what I would class as important bits, were missing. But by saying that, it is aimed for a young age group and this is how books for that age are written so I do think it was probably focusing on enough of the story to make it work.

Overall, I do recommend this for those beginning to learn English or are new to Graphic Novels or just wanting to know the basics of a well loved story.

A cute, diverse retelling of Beauty & the Beast, with elements of Cinderella in it. I understand that it's a graphic novel for little kids, but I do wish there was more dialogue. The whole thing went by so fast, I know younger me (even present-day me) would've appreciated getting to know more about these characters. The art is beautiful!

This is very simple, graphic novel version of Beauty and the Beast for the youngest readers. Pictures are vibrant and the story is straightforward and familiar. Perfect for kids beginning to read.

Received an ARC digital copy from NetGalley for an honest review.
Simple mix between the Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast fairytales. I enjoyed the artwork greatly, but the storyline was over simplified. Very young readers will find the story enjoyable, but it will not appeal to a larger age range.

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It is Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella (Belle has 2 mean sisters) rolled into one. Graphics could have been better. Really middle grade, I'll reread with my son

I was a little disappointed by this reading ...
Even if the illustrations were cute (it's not my favorite style), I found that the original tale was much shortened, making all of the actions in the story too rushed ...
I understand that the idea was to simplify the story to make it accessible to the youngest, but it has been simplified too much for me.

I liked the art style of this graphic novel and of course I loved the story. I just found it was too rushed and not long enough.

Fairy tales are always a safe bet, there's a reason they've stayed popular for centuries. They are useful and entertaining for children and they maintain their appeal into adulthood. And with Disney films (and now live-action remakes), today they are as known to every kid in the world.

This is certainly a plus, because I don't think a child who didn't already know the story could understand it from this comic book. It feels like the book starts halfway through the story, as if we'd arrived half an hour late at the theatre. We are told Beauty's family was rich, had servants and expensive clothes, and losing all of it is what caused them distress. But since we haven't seen this supposed life of luxury, we can't feel sad for them.

The horrible house they move to actually looks okay, which was puzzling. The stealing of the rose is confusing too: he is on his horse, he goes inside a castle (why?!) and tries to steal a base of flowers. It is incredibly weird. So is Beast's reaction: "You have a daughter called Beauty? Well, I only have one beautiful living creature, so let's make it two." And, once back home, the father doesn't seem very conflicted about having to send her daughter to a monster. This makes it hard to feel any sympathy for the dad later on.

All in all, since there's instructions on how to read the book, you'd expect this to be aimed at children who can already read, but the story's simplicity suggests this is better suited to kindergartners, so it would be read to them. But in that case, a picture book would be better than a comic. The book left me with lots of questions and no answers.

This Beauty and the Beast graphic novel has lovely artwork, and the reimagining includes POC which I enjoyed. There was an interesting blend of Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella that I though was a unique twist on the story. It did feel rushed to me, however I'm an adult, and this graphic novel is only around 20 or so pages long, which is appropriate for the young readers it is intended for.

The author included easy instruction for children on how to read a graphic novel, as well as discussion questions and writing prompts at the end that are great to help with reading comprehension and honing creative writing skills in young readers.

The instructions to create paper roses was also a cute touch, though for the age that this graphic novel would be appropriate for, illustrations of the steps to make them would have been useful.

Overall, very cute for younger readers.

This was an adorable graphic novel for children. Thanks again to NetGalley and Picture Window Books for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for feedback.

This is a children’s book that is in graphic novel format. This is great, as it allows young readers to read a book in this format, while keeping it simple as to not feel lost when reading it. It provides a cute and diverse retelling of the classic fairy tale. I was very pleased with the illustrations and how the story flowed. I can’t wait to recommend this to young readers!

The whole thing felt a bit too patronising... While, yes, Beauty and her family were POCs in this, it was all so close to the original story. I couldn't find the intended age range anywhere, so it might work for children who can't read themselves yet, but even primary school children might find it a bit boring...
I did, however, really like the art style, and the bits at the end with prompts and questions etc works really well!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance reader’s copy of this graphic novel for an honest review

This is a cute retelling of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast . One of the things that really makes it unique is that Beauty and her family are POCs, which makes this more diverse and relatable.

Although this is for young children, I do however think the story was really rushed and could have been a bit longer and gone a bit more in depth into the story,

Synopsis: This is a comic retelling of Beauty and the Beast with diverse characters

Review: This book is so cute and fun I had a smile on my face all the way through. My favorite thing about this graphic novel was the art style and the poc representation. I would definitely recommend this to young children who are starting to get into reading. Even though I wasn’t the intended audience for this book I enjoyed it and think people of all age ranges would enjoy this quick read.

Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.

This is a story about Beauty ,a girl who finds happiness in everything .

This is a story with diverse characters and I know it would become eveeyone's favourite

This book was just meh for me. It combined both beauty and the beast and Cinderella stories which I liked. It was just a bit flat. The story was so short and very little dialogue it was very one dimensional. I wish it had been longer with more emotional depth.

On the plus side it had beautiful artwork and a diverse racial characters.

Very much aimed at younger children. I did enjoy the questions at the back to see how much a child understood the story. Will definitely show to my daughter as it's one of her favourite stories.

Thank you Netgally and the author for the gifted copy. All thoughts are completely my own.

This book is for extremely young children. Even specific to that age range I feel their intelligence has been under appreciated.

This story skips so much, I found a lot of it doesn't make sense. It jumps a lot from one scene to another but doesn't connect them. For anyone who has seen the Disney movie I think they may be left a little confused.

This is not a retelling of Beauty and the Beast it's Beauty and the Beast in graphic novel form for the earliest readers. And it's well done. Similar to Disney the story has been simplified. It's actually even simpler than Disney's version. But it works. And lots of kids will find it interesting, entertaining, and fun to look at.