Its so beautiful and the art is incredible, the way it climbs out of the pages is incredible and it looks like it was hand painted originally. Its a fantastic thing to own, but its so beautiful I wouldn't leave it alone in a room with a young child! It is based off the Beauty and the Beast story that most people know, and it has a good amount of pages to turn through. Its the sort of book that adults would admire and show to children only if they've been very good.