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    <body><![CDATA[One of Andersen's best stories is done full justice here with an excellent retelling and gorgeous illustrations to match.  I think that this story has one of the best morals of any children's story out there past or present: <em>Don't go along with a belief or behavior just because everyone else is doin...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48436198">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;I love clothes!&quot; squeals the Emperor<p>And he's not kidding.<p>He doesn't care about anything else or anybody else.<p>What a spoiled pig!<p>But see what happens when two sly swindlers come to town.<p>They weave him a suit of clothes no one will ever forget.</p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved the Europe circa 1913 setting in the illustrations!!!  The translations was nothing remarkable for me, but I've always loved this story and it was nice seeing it with it's &quot;new clothes&quot; (i.e., the refreshing illustrations) :-)<br/><br/>Thanks, Chandra, for the recommendation!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Emperor's New Clothes</u>, illustrated by <strong>Angela Barrett</strong>.<br/><br/>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 <u><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/887520.Snow_White" title="Snow White by Josephine Poole">Snow White</a></u> was a masterpiece - a br...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54486393">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Emperor's New Clothes</u>, illustrated by <strong>Virginia Lee Burton</strong>.<br/><br/>This edition of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, in which a vain emperor is taken in by two thieves posing as weavers, really takes me back! I'm not entirely sure, but I think it may be the version I had as a child, as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77309654">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Everyone agrees that the emperor is charming, clever, and works very hard . . . at shopping! Showing off his expensive clothes is all he cares about. So one day, a pair of swindlers decides to profit from the emperor's vanity. They offer to make him a splendid suit cut from a magical cloth that cannot be seen by anyone who is lazy or stupid. Who will be brave enough to tell the emperor that he's really wearing nothing at all?<strong> Illustrations as zany and entertaining as the emperor himself enhance this ageless tale, &quot;re-cut, pinned and stitched&quot; by illustrator John A. Rowe. Rowe's eccentric and vivid interpretation of the Hans Christian Andersen story puts new &quot;garb&quot; on an old favorite.</strong>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Emperor's New Clothes</u>, illustrated by <strong>John Alfred Rowe</strong>.<br/><br/>Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of a fashion-conscious emperor who falls victim to two swindlers, who convince him that they can weave cloth invisible to the stupid and professionally unfit, is adapted and illustrated here...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76642013">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Emperor's New Clothes</u>, illustrated by <strong>Anne Rockwell</strong>.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1837, as part of his <u>Eventyr, fortalte for Børn</u> (Fairy Tales, Told for Children), <em>The Emperor's New Clothes</em> is one of Hans Christian Andersen's most popular original fairy-tales. It also one of his most humo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74725790">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Illustrated by the beloved creator of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Little House, and Katy and the Big Snow, here is a delightful version of the tale that boys and girls have loved for centuries. The Emperor himself, his court, and his clothes—or lack of them—are ridiculous as only the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen can make them. 	  	Fifty-five years ago, Virginia Lee Burton added to this tale of fun her own irrepressible humor in pictures and design. This brilliant new edition features Burton&quot;s original illustrations photographed anew, freshly exhibiting her lively concoction of remarkable spirit and beauty.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess this story must have engendered the cynicism I retain to this day. A child should read this before being let loose on newspapers and adverts]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Hans Christian Andersen's &quot;The Emperor's New Clothes,&quot; first published in 1837, has been told and retold in hundreds of ways, but never, ever by such a star-studded cast of scribes and artists as this. Sure, we still get the vainglorious, fashion-obsessed  Emperor who is duped into parading down the street in an &quot;invisible suit of clothes.&quot;  And, of course, we still welcome the Honest Boy, the only one with enough gumption to point out that the Emperor's fancy-pants birthday suit is exactly that--a birthday suit. In this quirky, comical version, however, the story is crafted from the diverse, occasionally vulgar, often charming narrative perspectives of the Emperor's entire entourage--from his servants to the Spinning Wheel to the Imperial  Dresser's spectacles to His Royal Highness's own underwear--all of whom have very good, self-invested reasons for not wanting to reveal that the Emperor's new clothes are nonexistent, however expensive. A smart-alecky moth, drawn by the beloved illustrator Quentin Blake, ironically patches holes in the piecemeal narrative with smoothing, if not soothing, transitions. <p>  Each snippet of story--doused in shameless punnery--is performed on the audio CD by one of 23 celebrities, including Jay Leno (the Moth), Madonna (the Empress), Fran Drescher (the Heralding Horn), Jeff Goldblum (the Imperial Wizard), Robin Williams (the Court Jester), and Calvin Klein (the Emperor's Underwear). The Honest Boy? Steven Spielberg himself, the creative director of this ambitious enterprise designed to benefit the Starbright Foundation for seriously ill children. If the startling display of glitterati isn't enough to spark your interest, then the truly astounding, fresh, full-page art of 23 preeminent children's book illustrators (including Maurice Sendak, Mark Teague, Chris Van Allsburg, Tomie dePaola, and William Joyce) surely will. The bumblingly hilarious accents of the celebrity narrators, combined with the whimsical and eclectic musical effects, make this quite an auditory treat. Though the words on the pages  and those on the audio CD don't exactly match, the combined experience of a favorite old story, clever narrative play, gorgeous artwork, and just plain silliness will amuse kids ages 8 to 108. (Click to see inside  art from the book! © 1998 The STARBRIGHT Foundation) <em>--Karin Snelson</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my fav book of all time!I remember when I was about 5 or 6,I used to read it thousands of times.and never ever got tired of it.<br/>although at that age,I didn't get the moral of the story,but as I grew up,its meaning grew up with me.<br/>now if you ever felt as if you're deceiving yoursel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58143815">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic that kids love!  Andersen is one of the best children's authors of all time...and this is a great one.  Not my favorite, but this story always makes the children giggle.  They always ask me questions when we read it, too...(why does everyone else know the emperor isn't wearing clot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82102726">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in 2nd grade and loved it so much that I wrote it as my own story. My teacher was very kind and didn't yell at me for blatant plagarism, instead she told me this was one of her favorite stories and asked me to illustrate the story. I saved my drawings for years but have no idea wher...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77736763">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[(Not this edition)<br/>I listened to it read just now on a Classical Short Stories podcast =]<br/>Great story (I remember hearing it when I was a child--yes, I was read to... maybe that's why I'm soooo smart... ;p)<br/><br/>Oh, great story, nice commentary on human tendencies--and easily applicable ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78217675">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This has always been one of my favorite tales as I think its moral is so wise. In this edition, the illustrations are fabulous. I adored all the many dogs (mostly naked of course) that appear on nearly every page. (I was almost tempted to make a dogs shelf but then I’d feel obligated to add all my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54534682">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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