Fantasy-- Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes 

Hans Christian Anderson 

Illustrator: Virginia Lee Burton 

Houghton Mifflin Company 1977
ISBN: 0-395-28594-1

The Emperor's New Clothes is a story that is retold and passed down by generations. This version in particular was written by Han Christian Anderson, a famous children's book author. This version was written in 1977 and has much attention to detail. In this version, the Emperor loves his clothes. Instead of talking to any citizens from the town, he prefers to say he is changing into new clothes. One day, he asked two people to make him new clothes. The men who were pretending to weave never made any clothes at all. The Emperor and the Minstrel got tricked into thinking they could not see the clothes! Will the Emperor ever get new clothes? What will happen when he finds out he will not get a new outfit? Find out and read this version of The Emperor's New Clothes!

I would give this version a 5 out of 10. The story, retold by Hans Christian Anderson, was very captivating to read. I would say this book is a great piece of authentic literature to read to the class because it was a story that could challenge young readers. The reason why I gave it a 5 is because the pictures are not very colorful. There is a lot of white space, which does not feel like a good choice to me. Because the pictures are very small, it is not a good book to show children because they might loose their attention span. While the colors are very attractive to young readers, the fuzziness of the pictures makes them very hard to look at. If you were to get this book, buy the book for the story retold by Anderson.