Three friends share different versions of the Beauty and the Beast story. The story is found all over the world. People know the Disney version best, but it is not the only one.

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• 2011 Aesop Awards, Accolade Award Winner

American Folklore Society, Aesop Award Committee
"Perhaps the best aspect of the series is that it includes folklore in the repertoire of first literature available to young readers. As children grow and mature they will find that folk and fairy tales form the base of much of the body of literature they will be reading."

Canadian Children's Book News
“Bravo to Veronika Martenova Charles and David Parkins for another fine series!"

SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog
"these are great books for beginning readers. There are several easy reader fairy tale titles around, but few that range beyond the most familiar European texts we know in North America. These titles provide those tales with some comparisons to other cultures."

School Library Journal
"The stories are well told. Give this book to kids who like their stories truly scary; it is not for the faint of heart. Children are abandoned and nasty creatures plot to kill them, but in the end, the youngsters prevail."

Library Thing Early Reviewers
"...this series would have great potential for teaching children stories that might be outside their standard fairy tales"

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Excerpted from It's Not About The Rose! by Veronika Martenova Charles. Copyright © 2010 by Veronika Martenova Charles. Excerpted by permission of Tundra Books. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.