"The Emperor's New Clothes" tells the story of a vain emperor who is obsessed with fashion and beauty. Two cunning swindlers arrive in his kingdom, claiming to make magnificent clothes that are invisible to anyone who is incompetent or unfit for their position. Eager to appear wise and cultured, the emperor pretends to admire the nonexistent garments, as do his advisors and the townsfolk, afraid of being seen as foolish. Ultimately, it takes a brave child to expose the truth when he exclaims that the emperor is wearing nothing at all, revealing the folly of the emperor and his court. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is part of a book series called Folk Tale Classics .
There are 44 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2004 by Houghton Mifflin .
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his writing down of many timeless, classic fairy tales. He is Denmark's most famous author and his birthday is celebrated every year with a part called "Odin Story Day". Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968) created some of the most enduring classics of all children's literature. Burton lived with her two sons and her husband, the sculptor George Demetrios, in Folly Cove, Massachusetts. Here she taught a class in design and from it emerged the Folly Cove Designers, a group of professional artisans who were internationally known.
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 wasn’t 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!’.
