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    The Emperor's New Clothes

    By Hans Christian Andersen

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    In The Emperor's New Clothes, two weavers tell the emperor that they can make him a new suit of clothes that is invisible to people who are unfit for their positions or who are stupid or incompetent. Con men, the two weavers actually outfit the emperor in nothing, but will anyone be willing to tell the emperor that he is naked? As an idiom, the story's title refers to things that are accepted as common knowledge in spite of being obviously untrue.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateOct 3, 2017
    ISBN9781974995387
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    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes. During Andersen's lifetime he was feted by royalty and acclaimed for having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into over 150 languages and continue to be published in millions of copies all over the world and inspired many other works.

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    • 5/5
      Classic story of the vain Emperor and the innocent child.
    • 4/5
      The Emperor's New Clothes, illustrated by Angela Barrett.Angela Barrett has always been one of my favorite fairy-tale illustrators - an artist whose work never fails to create a sense of depth and mystery, or to evoke an intense emotional response. Her Snow White was a masterpiece - a breathtakingly lovely book with luminous scenes that are simultaneously delicate and lush. So when a friend's review alerted me to the fact that Barrett had also done a version of The Emperor's New Clothes, I lost no time in locating a copy. How fortunate that I did!This edition of Andersen's classic tale is translated by Naomi Lewis, who worked with Barrett on Proud Knight, Fair Lady, a children's edition of the lais of Marie de France. The humorous story of a rather silly emperor, who is conned by two rogue "tailors," the narrative reads smoothly, and is located by Barrett in an early twentieth-century European milieu. While as foreign to Andersen's time as it is to ours, somehow this back-drop seems just right. The emperor's many beloved dogs add a sense of visual whimsy that perfectly suits the humor. Highly recommended!
    • 5/5
      This story had me laughing so I know younger readers will find this story amusing. I really enjoyed the illustrations, they really helped tell the story and made it humorous. The story is about an emperor that really loves clothes. He disparately wants a new outfit for an upcoming event and he is tricked by two mean that just want to make money. The night of the event arrives and the emperor is left with no special outfit, but even worse he is left with no outfit, it's invisible. This book is great and really enjoyed reading it.
    • 4/5
      This not for resale little paperback must have been issued as part of the 70th anniversary of Ladybird books. The illustrator must have had great fun putting heads of dogs and people in very strategic places. This a perennial makes you laugh out loud book for all ages. Tee hee!
    • 4/5
      This story is a classic. What made this extra wonderful for me was the illustrations. I just loved John Rowe's work! Just fantastic. I now have all his other books on my to read list.
    • 5/5
      Grades: k-4Traditional literatureThe Emperor's New Clothes is a story that has been retold for years. I think the reason for this is it gives a great moral message in a comical way. In the story a self-absorbed emperor gets tricked by two deceiving fools. Had the emperor been honest with himself and others he would have found out the truth that there was no fabric, and that the "seamsters" were only pretending to make him an outfit. Since the emperor was too proud to admit that he could not see anything he ended up parading around the town wearing nothing but his birthday suit. It was only when one honest young boy pointed out that the emperor was naked that the people came to their senses. Many people are often too proud to admit that they do not know something. I think this story points out that it is better to ask than to be a real fool.
    • 3/5
      Intricately illustrated version of the classic. Good for school age and up.
    • 5/5
      I've been revisiting Hans Christian Andersen - what a wonderfully insightful author.
    • 5/5
      I love this book because it takes a ridiculous situation and teaches a good moral from it. In the story, the Emperor is so vain and consumed with his wardrobe, that he hires two swindlers that claim to weave "the most wonderful cloth imaginable." Their cloth also "had the extraordinary quality of being invisible to anyone either badly suited for his position or unforgivably stupid." After multiple people go to check on the weavers and are too prideful to admit that they cannot see the fabric, the Emperor eventually wears his new "clothes" that are nonexistent out in the open and a child points out that the Emperor is not wearing any clothes. I like this book because the pictures have a mix of black and white and color, and they are very detailed. They nicely accompany the text. The message of the story is do not be so prideful that you pretend to see something that is not there.
    • 4/5
      Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenThis fantasy story is about two rascal’s trying to make some money by making the Emperor some new clothes. The only problem with the clothes is they are an “invisible suit”. The invisible suit is definitely invisible to everyone including the Emperor’s subjects who realize very quickly the invisible suit is not suit at all the Emperor is naked! I think this story is very amusing! I think the rascals are pretty tricky to convince the emperor that invisible clothes are the style. It is also funny what the subjects have to say about the emperor’s clothes.I would recommend this book for Kindergarten to 2nd grade students. The students will laugh at the humor of the emperor’s new clothes. I would ask the students to design some real clothes for what they think the emperor should wear.