Everything you need to understand or teach The Beast Within by Serena Valentino.
Serena Valentino's novel The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince is a fairy tale detailing how the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast) came to be enchanted. The Beast was a handsome young prince when he broke the heart of a witch named Circe, prompting her and her sisters to cast a curse on the Prince and his castle. As the Prince loses his humanity and comes closer to being doomed, he discovers that he had never known real love until he was forced to focus his attentions on the beautiful, strong, intelligent Belle. The novel's main themes are expectations, roles in a social order, and coming of age.
The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince Lesson Plans contain 137 pages of teaching material, including: