The Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott, written by Alfred Lord Tennyson and illustrated by Genevieve Cote, is the absolute timeless classic of the old romantic tale of Lancelot and Camelot. Weaving a story, this book shows a new Romeo and Juliet love and death story, filled with beauty, soul, and magic. It forms its own pictures when read aloud, and the illustrations are more gorgeous that a new budding rose. Mystical fantasy ties in with the myth of Camelot, bringing to life the old knighting tale. The story spills like rose petals across each page, dappling the brush-stroked paintings. It is a book to treasure and keep, and to read on cold winter nights or warm spring days. It portrays our greatest search for imagination, and fulfills our largest quench for beauty in a world filled with curses and darkness.

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