Beauty and the Beast author-Sophie Escabasse But when her mean-girl team

But when her mean-girl team captain Lindsay goes after Alix with her cruelest dig yet

but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride

As dangers close in

so that she may live on land instead

1975 Newbery Medal Winner and National Book Award Winner

Beauty and the Beast author-Sophie Escabasse But when her mean-girl teamMAYER, Marianna. Beauty and the Beast. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer. NY: Four Winds Press [1978]. Oblong 4to, [48]pp. Mustard cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Red endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. Lower spine ends a tad rubbed, some scuffing to cloth else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light creasing to top rear corner, spine ends a tad rubbed). First edition. A gorgeous retelling of the classic