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The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes is part of the Ladybird Favourite Tales, which are the timeless treasured stories that generations of children have grown up with and loved. These easy-to-read retellings, enhanced by exciting, richly colourful illustrations, faithfully capture all the magic of the original stories.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published April 1, 1993
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Audrey Daly
48 books3 followersAudrey Daly is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Audrey Daly include Hansel and Gretel (Enchanted Tales S.), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Favourite Tales), Jack and the Beanstalk (Favourite Tales), and Favorite Tales Hensel & Gretel.
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Summary
The Emperor's New Clothes is a short tale written by Hans Christian Andersen.
This children's fairytale is about a vain emperor who loves nothing more than wearing the very finest clothes.
The emperor soon decides that he wants new clothes, so he employs two weavers who promise to create a new suit of clothes that are only visible to those who are intelligent and invisible to those who are stupid or incompetent. Well, the emperor thinks that this is a great idea, as he will be able to tell who in his court is of a high standard.
What the emperor doesn't realise is the weavers he hired are in fact swindlers. The request lots of gold thread, but instead of making the clothes using it, they bag of the thread for their personal use.
While the weavers are 'making' the emperor's suit of clothes (using invisible fabric), the emperor decides to send his minister and another officer of the court to insect the clothes and to report back to him. First the faithful old minister goes to see what it is the weavers are making. When he arrives, he sees them hard at work, but he cannot see anything! He keeps this to himself as it was said, "those who do not see the clothes are stupid". When the weavers ask the minister what he thinks, he says how wonderful they are (knowing if he was to tell the truth, he could appear unfit for the position as minister). The old minister reports back to the emperor how great the fabric looks and the emperor is pleased with the progress.
After a little longer, the emperor sends another trusted member of the court to see how the weavers are doing and whether they are close to finishing. Again, the member of court sees the weavers working very hard on the looms but is unable to see the clothing. Again, the weavers ask what he thinks and without wanting to reveal the truth, he says how nice they look.
Once the fabric is ready, the weavers ask the emperor to attend a fitting. They ask him to strip and the weavers mime dressing him. Once they have 'dressed' him, they say how amazing he looks in his new clothes and his ministers and members of court join in.
Everyone in the general public has heard of these amazing clothes and could not wait to see them. Now finally ready, the emperor decides to parade them around for his subjects to see. All the townsfolk cheer and clap to play along with the pretence (even though they do not see the emperors new clothes, they pretend they do as they do not want to come across as stupid).
While out parading for his townsfolk, a child in the crowd points and cries out "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" (The child being too young to understand the desirability of carrying on with the pretence). This creates an eruption throughout the townspeople, who then start to laugh and agreeing with the child. The emperor cringes and now realising that he didn't 'see' the clothes because they 'weren't there' to begin with, not wanting to show that he knows the child to be true, the emperor continues walking through the town.
This classic tale has been translated into over a hundred languages and has been enjoyed by millions of children over many year
My Thoughts
I am reviewing this book due to having just read it recently with my nephew. He had never heard of or read this story before and as we had him staying over with us over the weekend, he wanted a story before going to sleep.
The cover picture I chose above is the book that we read together. (Originally my Partner Paul's book) I thought it would be great to share with our nephew.
With a story that I can remember reading when I was young, it was definately a must for Jake. He ended up reading it all to me. He thoroughly enjoyed the story and the found the pictures amusing.
For getting the next generation into reading, this was a great story to chose. It was short enough for him to read before going to sleep and the wording, the font and font size was easy enough for him to follow and read without any issue. The pictures are beautifully done and break up the story perfectly, which kept him interested in what was happening as he was able to follow along with the pictures as well as the words.
As a quick read for children or for those who may just be starting out, 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Hans Christian Andersen is a great story to get children into fairy tales.
My Rating
I rate this book a perfect 5.
It is a fantastic classic story that never gets old.
It is the right size to get children into reading, a great way to encourage them to read out loud to you and just perfect for you and the kids in your life to enjoy together.
If you like this review and want to read more about other books then check out more book blog now. Information available on my blog includes, all about authors, their books, where to follow them, gift ideas, book-tours/blitz, competitions/give-aways and more! Go on, check it out you may be surprised with what you find:
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The Emperor's New Clothes is a short tale written by Hans Christian Andersen.
This children's fairytale is about a vain emperor who loves nothing more than wearing the very finest clothes.
The emperor soon decides that he wants new clothes, so he employs two weavers who promise to create a new suit of clothes that are only visible to those who are intelligent and invisible to those who are stupid or incompetent. Well, the emperor thinks that this is a great idea, as he will be able to tell who in his court is of a high standard.
What the emperor doesn't realise is the weavers he hired are in fact swindlers. The request lots of gold thread, but instead of making the clothes using it, they bag of the thread for their personal use.
While the weavers are 'making' the emperor's suit of clothes (using invisible fabric), the emperor decides to send his minister and another officer of the court to insect the clothes and to report back to him. First the faithful old minister goes to see what it is the weavers are making. When he arrives, he sees them hard at work, but he cannot see anything! He keeps this to himself as it was said, "those who do not see the clothes are stupid". When the weavers ask the minister what he thinks, he says how wonderful they are (knowing if he was to tell the truth, he could appear unfit for the position as minister). The old minister reports back to the emperor how great the fabric looks and the emperor is pleased with the progress.
After a little longer, the emperor sends another trusted member of the court to see how the weavers are doing and whether they are close to finishing. Again, the member of court sees the weavers working very hard on the looms but is unable to see the clothing. Again, the weavers ask what he thinks and without wanting to reveal the truth, he says how nice they look.
Once the fabric is ready, the weavers ask the emperor to attend a fitting. They ask him to strip and the weavers mime dressing him. Once they have 'dressed' him, they say how amazing he looks in his new clothes and his ministers and members of court join in.
Everyone in the general public has heard of these amazing clothes and could not wait to see them. Now finally ready, the emperor decides to parade them around for his subjects to see. All the townsfolk cheer and clap to play along with the pretence (even though they do not see the emperors new clothes, they pretend they do as they do not want to come across as stupid).
While out parading for his townsfolk, a child in the crowd points and cries out "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" (The child being too young to understand the desirability of carrying on with the pretence). This creates an eruption throughout the townspeople, who then start to laugh and agreeing with the child. The emperor cringes and now realising that he didn't 'see' the clothes because they 'weren't there' to begin with, not wanting to show that he knows the child to be true, the emperor continues walking through the town.
This classic tale has been translated into over a hundred languages and has been enjoyed by millions of children over many year
My Thoughts
I am reviewing this book due to having just read it recently with my nephew. He had never heard of or read this story before and as we had him staying over with us over the weekend, he wanted a story before going to sleep.
The cover picture I chose above is the book that we read together. (Originally my Partner Paul's book) I thought it would be great to share with our nephew.
With a story that I can remember reading when I was young, it was definately a must for Jake. He ended up reading it all to me. He thoroughly enjoyed the story and the found the pictures amusing.
For getting the next generation into reading, this was a great story to chose. It was short enough for him to read before going to sleep and the wording, the font and font size was easy enough for him to follow and read without any issue. The pictures are beautifully done and break up the story perfectly, which kept him interested in what was happening as he was able to follow along with the pictures as well as the words.
As a quick read for children or for those who may just be starting out, 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Hans Christian Andersen is a great story to get children into fairy tales.
My Rating
I rate this book a perfect 5.
It is a fantastic classic story that never gets old.
It is the right size to get children into reading, a great way to encourage them to read out loud to you and just perfect for you and the kids in your life to enjoy together.
If you like this review and want to read more about other books then check out more book blog now. Information available on my blog includes, all about authors, their books, where to follow them, gift ideas, book-tours/blitz, competitions/give-aways and more! Go on, check it out you may be surprised with what you find:
http://ailsahindhaughabookworm4life.w...
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