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King's Tea
Book by Noble, Trinka Hakes
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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December 7, 2019
This is yet another read from my childhood and one in which I still find the king as looking like a possible grandfather figure if you weren't so scared of him.
The story is most definitely easy-to-follow and explains how each person took it upon themselves to blame the person underneath them for the king's spoiled day. In a sense it feels like life to me as I look back upon the story since when you are the bottom of the pile you try all you can to make things work and survive but the bigger people just aren't satisfied with what you can sometimes give. As a result it is always so much easier to make an excuse and pass the blame to another instead of being just the one person who took the initiative to possibly take a sip of the milk to make sure it was up to par before sending it on.
I find the raincloud to probably be the most honest of all the characters in this story and even though it also complained about being blamed for wasting the king's tea even though it probably wasn't around until just then due to rain storms being new each time it was still generous to the flowers that needed it. What a lesson!
And then instead of being so sour about finding out it wasn't meant to ruin his time the king himself is also kind of gracious to the cow who didn't know who he was. As a result I think the book does a great job in just showing us that days can be turned around and origins can be discovered while we are allowed to forgive ourselves thus allowing us to fix the day.
The illustrations are rather simple but I still love them. The brightness of the flowers, the details of the backgrounds, especially the dog who follows the king and the simpleness of the people working for the king. It is definitely a classic from its own time with still as much a good message now than it was then.
The story is most definitely easy-to-follow and explains how each person took it upon themselves to blame the person underneath them for the king's spoiled day. In a sense it feels like life to me as I look back upon the story since when you are the bottom of the pile you try all you can to make things work and survive but the bigger people just aren't satisfied with what you can sometimes give. As a result it is always so much easier to make an excuse and pass the blame to another instead of being just the one person who took the initiative to possibly take a sip of the milk to make sure it was up to par before sending it on.
I find the raincloud to probably be the most honest of all the characters in this story and even though it also complained about being blamed for wasting the king's tea even though it probably wasn't around until just then due to rain storms being new each time it was still generous to the flowers that needed it. What a lesson!
And then instead of being so sour about finding out it wasn't meant to ruin his time the king himself is also kind of gracious to the cow who didn't know who he was. As a result I think the book does a great job in just showing us that days can be turned around and origins can be discovered while we are allowed to forgive ourselves thus allowing us to fix the day.
The illustrations are rather simple but I still love them. The brightness of the flowers, the details of the backgrounds, especially the dog who follows the king and the simpleness of the people working for the king. It is definitely a classic from its own time with still as much a good message now than it was then.
April 17, 2008
Average children's book about a king who sees the far-reaching ramifications of his rude remark
February 22, 2011
A king discovers the ripple effect of resentment flowing from the complaint that the milk in his morning tea was sour. Lovely illustrations.
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