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The Emperor's New Clothes


Skylarks Series

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No. of pages 48

Published: 2010

Great for age 5-11 years

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"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a tale about a vain emperor who is obsessed with his appearance and fashion. Two clever swindlers arrive in his kingdom, claiming to create the finest clothes that are invisible to anyone who is unfit for their position or "hopelessly stupid." The emperor, eager to display their imaginary garments, pretends to admire them, as does his entourage, fearing to appear incompetent. When he finally parades through the streets in his new "clothes," a child boldly exclaims that the emperor is wearing nothing at all, revealing the truth and highlighting the dangers of vanity and self-deception. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

 

This book features in the following series: Readzone Reading Path, Readzone Reading Path Skylarks, Skylarks Series .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Evans Publishing Group .

Louise John is really the editor of Start Reading but she wanted to write some stories too.

 

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!’.