Monsieur Racine wakes up one day to find his precious pear tree looted of all the award-winning fruit. When he discovers that the culprit is funny-looking beast, his anger gives way to curiosity and two become friends. But the beast is not quite what it seems, eventually it comes apart-literally to show itself to be no beast at all, but the two playful children from next door, covered with skins and rags.
- ISBN10 0374306400
- ISBN13 9780374306403
- Publish Date 1 April 1971
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2021
- Imprint Farrar Straus Giroux
- Format Hardcover
- Language English