Beauty and the Beast coloring pages are featuring Belle, The Beast, Gaston, Lumière, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Maurice, Le Fou, Philippe, Madame De la Grande Bouche Wardrobe, Babette the Featherduster, Footstool, the Bimbettes, Monsieur D'Arque and other characters from Disney's Beauty and the Beast animated film. Try to guess who is who.
Beauty and the Beast is one of those stories that remind us that life is a peculiar concoction of enchanted castles, talking teapots and large, furry creatures with tempers that would make even the most stoic of librarians sigh in exasperation. The film gently suggests that perhaps the universe operates on a series of rules that no one entirely understands, like the idea that a hideous curse can only be broken by true love, which sounds suspiciously like the plotline of a cosmic rom-com that got wildly out of hand. In the midst of this delightful confusion, children are presented with lessons about beauty, kindness and the sort of love that can melt even the most beastly of hearts, provided there’s a musical number involved.
First off, there’s the central idea that true beauty isn’t about symmetrical features or perfectly coiffed hair but rather about the quality of one’s character—a lesson that Belle herself seems to grasp intuitively, despite being pursued by the human equivalent of a preening peacock named Gaston. When Belle befriends the Beast, who is, to put it mildly, a walking advertisement for anger management classes, she discovers that beneath his shaggy exterior lies a heart capable of great kindness. Children watching are thus encouraged to consider that outward appearances are about as useful for judging someone as a map of the universe that only lists “here be dragons.” It’s the actions that matter and perhaps the occasional enchanted ballroom dance.
Beauty and the Beast is one of those stories that remind us that life is a peculiar concoction of enchanted castles, talking teapots and large, furry creatures with tempers that would make even the most stoic of librarians sigh in exasperation. The film gently suggests that perhaps the universe operates on a series of rules that no one entirely understands, like the idea that a hideous curse can only be broken by true love, which sounds suspiciously like the plotline of a cosmic rom-com that got wildly out of hand. In the midst of this delightful confusion, children are presented with lessons about beauty, kindness and the sort of love that can melt even the most beastly of hearts, provided there’s a musical number involved.
First off, there’s the central idea that true beauty isn’t about symmetrical features or perfectly coiffed hair but rather about the quality of one’s character—a lesson that Belle herself seems to grasp intuitively, despite being pursued by the human equivalent of a preening peacock named Gaston. When Belle befriends the Beast, who is, to put it mildly, a walking advertisement for anger management classes, she discovers that beneath his shaggy exterior lies a heart capable of great kindness. Children watching are thus encouraged to consider that outward appearances are about as useful for judging someone as a map of the universe that only lists “here be dragons.” It’s the actions that matter and perhaps the occasional enchanted ballroom dance.
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