The Emperor's New Clothes

Title

en_US The Emperor's New Clothes

en_US We Both Read Books

Description

en_US First edition

Hans Christian Andersen; Adapted by Sindy McCay

Creator

en_US Andersen, Hans Christian See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Goffe, Toni

Date

2020-01-23T17:39:34Z

2019-11

en_US 1997

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:39:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1997

Abstract

en_US This lively version of Andersen's classic has several good features. Adult and child alternate reading. The child's texts are good, repetitive quatrains, like "I do not see it. Not a thing do I see! But I will not say so. No fool will I be!" Here the fabulous cloth is "invisible only to a fool." The emperor wants therefore to discover who in his town is a fool. Except for his exuberant headpiece, the emperor is indeed fully naked over some ten or twelve pages. Perhaps the best illustration in this book of lively cartoon work comes when the emperor proudly parades through town to show off his fine new clothes; thus there is no organized parade. This illustration shows many people lodged in trees or even hanging down upside-down from their branches. Here one child's comment leads to other children's comments and soon the whole town knows. The emperor marches on, insisting that the whole town must be made up of fools. But in his heart, the emperor knows who the town fool really is. The emperor has found the town fool, and he knows that it is he. The last illustration has him standing behind a bush with a perplexed look on his face – and of course nothing on his body.

Identifier

en_US 12006 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125704

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Treasure Bay

en_US Redwood City, CA

Subject

en_US PZ8.M45795Em 1997 See all items with this value

Emperor See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value