This title comes from the incredibly popular Silver Penny series. Children will love this retelling of the classic tale of a vain and foolish emperor. It is suitable for children aged 3 to 6. When two tricksters tell a vain emperor that they can sew him the most beautiful suit of clothes ever created he's delighted, because these gorgeous garments will also be invisible to fools. But it turns out the emperor may be the biggest fool of all! Only a child has the courage to speak the truth.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc .
Diane Namm is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Greek Myths. Sarah Brannen has illustrated more than a dozen books for children. She won the Ann Barrow Scholarship from the New England chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in 2007. Deanna McFadden is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Little Women (9781402712364) and Frankenstein (9781402726668. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Ashley Mims's art appears in other books and the animated film Titan A. E. from Fox Animation. She lives in Houston, TX.
This book contains the following story:
The Emperor's New Clothes
Once upon a time there lived an emperor who loved clothes and was extremely vain. I must have a new outfit for the royal procession and I need it to be designed by someone totally splendid, he demanded of his butler. The emperor was warned that a new outfit would be very expensive and there wasnt really much money to spare for new togs, but he was adamant. The palace put out a proclamation asking that splendid fashion designers put themselves forth for interview to design a royal outfit for the royal procession. A pair of chancers thought they would give it a go. They flattered the emperor to such an extent they managed to convince him that no clothes at all were an outfit fit for a king that and visible only to clever people. On the day of the royal procession no-one dared tell the emperor that he was starkers for fear of being accused that they were stupid. But the truth was in any case revealed when a little boy shouted Oh my, the emperor has no clothes on!.
