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Title
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The Emperor's New Clothes
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We Both Read Books
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Description
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First edition
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Hans Christian Andersen; Adapted by Sindy McCay
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Creator
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Andersen, Hans Christian
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Contributor
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Goffe, Toni
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Date
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2020-01-23T17:39:34Z
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2019-11
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1997
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Date Available
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2020-01-23T17:39:34Z
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Date Issued
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1997
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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12006 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Treasure Bay
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Redwood City, CA
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Subject
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PZ8.M45795Em 1997
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Emperor
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Title Page Scanned