Beast

Elaborates on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia.

Main Author:	Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon Pulse , 2002.
Series:	Beauty and the beast.
Subjects:	Fairy tales > Juvenile fiction. Iran > Fiction.

Summary:	Elaborates on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia.
Physical Description:	260 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0689835906 (pbk) 9780689870057
Author Notes:	Donna Jo Napoli was born on February 28, 1948. She received a B.A. in mathematics, an M.A. in Italian literature, and a Ph.D. in general and romance linguistics from Harvard University. She has taught on the university level since 1970, is widely published in scholarly journals, and has received numerous grants and fellowships in the area of linguistics. In the area of linguistics, she has authored five books, co-authored six books, edited one book, and co-edited five books. She is also a published poet and co-editor of four volumes of poetry. Her first middle grade novel, Soccer Shock, was published in 1991. Her other novels include the Zel, Beast, The Wager, Lights on the Nile, Skin, Storm, Hidden, and Dark Shimmer. She is also the author of several picture books including Flamingo Dream, The Wishing Club: A Story About Fractions, Corkscrew Counts: A Story About Multiplication, The Crossing, A Single Pearl, and Hands and Hearts. She has received several awards including the New Jersey Reading Association's M. Jerry Weiss Book Award for The Prince of the Pond and the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water. (Bowker Author Biography)