The Borrowed Rose: Beauty and the Beast Book Recommendations and Retellings

Are you like me?  You like to weave a little fairy tale magic into your daily routine?  Yes! It's back to school season - for kids and adults. I feel the pull of the back-to-school aisles, too!  Freshly sharpened pencils and a crisp new backpack.  I'm in.  New lunch box, backpack and cute shoes.  I'm in! And of course we want to share our love of Beauty and the Beast with the school and work crew.  Here are a few options to stay organized and ready for the year with understated fairytale style .   Cheerful and understated options to carry Beauty and the Beast with you throughout the day (updated for the 2024 school year) 2024 - 2025 Academic Planner  That's Coming up Roses! Staying organized is a must.  Staying organized in style... also a must.  I love this "Roosevelt Pink" 2024 - 2025 academic planner from Blue Sky. eatsleepdoodle Fairytale Color-in Pencil Case A fairytale pencil bag that you can color and customize.  Cute!...

Like many young girls in the 1980s, my love for fairy tales began with the Disney classics.  They are great, after all. My first favorite was Sleeping Beauty ... until Disney released Beauty and the Beast in November 1991, and I was hooked.  I loved Belle and the different kind of princess she brought to the classic mix.  She loved books and independence and deftly navigated those around her that didn't agree with her perspectives. I collected posters, the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack CD to memorize all song lyrics, figurines, dolls, you name it, I probably had it.  I really loved this movie… and I was a senior in high school.  We were not too cool for Beauty and the Beast . My high-school sweetheart liked to draw, and was a good artist.  For my birthday he drew a frame-worthy masterpiece of one of the ballroom scenes.  I loved it, and it proudly went to college with me.  I've saved the picture and toted it around with me for 30 years beca...