The Emperor's New Clothes

by Susanna Davidson (Adaptation), Hans Christian Andersen, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)

Coinciding with the bicentenary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen, comes this retelling of his comical fairytale about a fashion-crazy emperor who will stop at nothing to have the most talked-about outfit in the land! Amusingly illustrated throughout by award-winning cartoonist Mike Gordon. Young readers will treasure this gift edition, which is published in hardback with a ribbon marker. The Young Reading Series is designed to encourage independent reading and covers a range of subject matter, including the retelling of children's classics, fairytales, and a wide variety of narrative non-fiction.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published September 24, 2010

About the author

Susanna Davidson also writes as Zanna Davidson.

She joined Usborne Publishing almost straight out of university and has been writing books for them pretty much ever since. She has written about everything from dinosaurs to the Queen to Fairy Ponies and tiny monsters, small enough to fit in your pocket. She is also a mum of two boys and works from home, where she spends most of her time talking to the dog and trying not to eat too much cheese.

Reviews

[Deanna Sutter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had not realized that my kids had never heard the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes" before and after I got done reading it they declared that it "was inappropriate." I had to laugh. So we had a nice talk about vanity and they all thought the story was okay after that.

[Aoife Blood · Rating 5 out of 5]

SPOILER ALERT
"He was so naked in front of a million people!" - Ahmed
"That was so weird!" - Mila
"This is so funny that I fell off my chair" -Kamil
"I give this half a star rating because there was something very wrong and disturbing. Do not read this if you are a kid - only read it if you are an adult or teenager - because of the naked stuff!" - Tarik
"What is this book? Save me! This king was naked in front of all these people!" - Daniel
"It was really funny" - Diane
"He was as naked as the day that he was born!" - Marcel
"The king was such a fool to pretend that he sees the clothes" - Bella
"The king is such a fool. I don't believe that the king believes the swindlers. So crazy!" - Olga
"What is this book? Why is the king naked?! This is the most insane book ever!" - Patryk
"The king was such a fool that he said that he had nothing to wear even though he had seven thousand clothes to wear" - Monica
"The funniest part was when the dog was covering his private place" - Rameen
"It was so funny I squirted water out of my nose" - Lilly
"This is the plot of the book: NAKED!" -Simon
"Why did the king trust such fools? These were fools! What is this story?!" -Michal
"The king was so so dumb because if he didn't see it he still could have kept it in his head and still said I don't want to wear it. If he was smart he would have known that." -Erin
"Why in the world did he fall for such little fools?" - Aoife

[Karina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of Usborne Advent calendar. What a silly story.

[Heidi Hanks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darling retelling of this classic story. Fun illustrations. A perfect short bedtime story that makes my kids laugh every time we read it!

[Kanwarpal Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story of an foolish king who spend his money on clothes and waste it until 2 cunning weavers promise him a cloth that is Seen worthy and only seen by person who is not a fool , he ordered it but can't see but he can't afford to unworthy or foolish among his courtiers and people in the palace.


He presume to see that until he wear it and roam in kingdom he can't decipher the real value of the clothes and when truth came out he stopped his obsession and now rule fairly and give decision.

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure 5 yr old understood it

[Ursula · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't find the version I had as a kid but I love this story. Many people probably need to re-read this story.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a cute retelling. Not my favorite, but fun. I enjoyed all the side comments from the other characters on the pages.

[Simone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book cuz he was naked and he looked silly!

[Muneeze · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very funny book !!!