This book is beautiful!  If your library was only going to have one version of Beauty and the Beast, I would recommend this one.  The re-telling stays true to the most traditional versions of the story, and is perhaps too long for the youngest audiences, but it is the amazing illustrations that make this such a fabulous choice:  they mix the use of silhouette and color to stunning effect, and include enough delicate detail to evoke the era/locale of the story.  Highly, highly recommended!!