The Emperor's Cool Clothes

by Lee Harper

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The emperor can never find the perfect outfit until he meets the Rogue brothers, who can make clothes so special that only the coolest people are able to see them. But what happens when no one in the emperor's court can see the clothes, and the emperor can't either? Is no one cool enough, or perhaps...there are no clothes to see? A funny, clever adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.


The emperor can never find the perfect outfit until he meets the Rogue brothers, who can make clothes so special that only the coolest people are able to see them. But what happens when no one in the emperor's court can see the clothes, and the emperor can't either? Is no one cool enough, or perhaps...there are no clothes to see? A funny, clever adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.

















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Item #: NTS594480




9780545944809




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32







Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Fables








K - 3





Lexile®
AD520L




Guided Reading
GR Level M




DRA
20 - 24




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3.8














































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9780545944809




Paperback Book





32







Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Fables








K - 3





Lexile®
AD520L




Guided Reading
GR Level M




DRA
20 - 24




ACR

3.8

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime

Paperback

First published June 6, 2011

About the author

I am a picture-book author/illustrator empty-nesting on a small farm in Pennsylvania with my wife Krista, a German shepherd, two barn-cats, ten chickens, four sheep, and two pigs. I have four children: Naomi, Nathan, Will, and Dan.

New in 2022 and 2023 are TURKEY'S VALENTINE SURPRISE and TURKEY'S SANDTASTIC BEACH DAY, my sixth and seventh illustrating collaboration with author Wendi Silvano.

I received my formal art training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Reviews

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

An up to date version of The Emporer's New Clothes, with hip hop , modern clothes and weasels who succeed in bilking the emperor into giving them his platinum credit card for payment. I loved the part where they bought all this stuff on the internet. I was disappointed with the ending. The question the emperor asks is "What can I do?" I loved the suggestion that was made by another reader. She said that she was also disappointed with the ending so she closed the book after the question "What can I do?" and asked her storytime friends what would they do? Create your own ending.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is an adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes. The Emperor penguin always strived to be cool and one day two tricksters came to the kingdom knowing his need to be a cool dresser. They pretended to use his money for the best thread and fabrics that only cool people could see, but they actually spent the money on themselves. On the big parade day the emperor led the parade ... dressed in nothing!
Funny story and great illustrations.

[Dawn Byrne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cool fractured fairy-tale retelling, using modern day references. The story's moral is unchanged, but the end satisfied me with its tint of a different take at the end. The characters are unique and a fun choice, riffing on the change to the title from the original.

[fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

same old story, well told and beautifully illustrated

[Ina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cutting edge, very modern retelling of The Emperor's New Clothes. The pictures and text are bright, colorful and edgy. The Emperor hands over a platinum card to pay for his cool new clothes and the tailors (the Rogue Brothers) take his money and buy things on the internet. Funny, colorful - the kids at storytime loved the pictures. I really liked this book until the very last page...where nothing happens in spite of a little girl in the crowd pointing out that the emperor is naked. When there is no message, this fairy tale really loses something! At storytime I closed the book, and took a poll of the kids and asked what the emperor should do...even these toddlers voluteered some good choices for the emperor.

[Romelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a modern twist to the classic fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes. I enjoyed the "cool" animal characters and their modern clothing (though they looked more like rappers). I enjoyed author-illustrator Lee Harper's illustrations and the fun finds hidden in his artwork. Love the play on popular store names like Nordicstrom, Cold Navy, Glaciers' End, etc. The only dissatisfying part was the ending, which I felt fell short and abrupt. But overall, humorous and entertaining for me. Story aside, I found it funny and clever that Harper chose a penguin as the emperor. Lots of clever humor intertwined in the book.

[Shelli · Rating 2 out of 5]

This modern retake on the classic tail of Hans Christian Anderson's The Emperors Clothes was a miss to me. The characters looked like dorks. This is probably because that is the way I feel about how most teenagers/young adults dress nowadays. And yes I am fully aware that statement puts me in to the "old" category. However it does not mean I am wrong. The Walrus in the book wore those god awful pants that people sport that have their back side hanging out> Pants that reach the ankles more than the waist.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This cool version of "Emperor's New Clothes" has short enough text and big enough art to share with a young crowd. Works for the Common Core State Standard for kindergarten of Integration of Knowledge and Ideas when compared with another version, like the retelling by Marcus Sedgewick and illustrated by Alison Jay.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Relentlessly "modern" version of The Emperor's New Clothes. Updating the rascals' goofing off to shopping on "Seabay" and eating McDonald's and Starbucks take out makes the fact that they still are weaving invisible silk on invisible looms really inexplicable. I did like the hip-hop outfit on the cover, and the really long Chucks on the walrus' feet.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better takes on this story that I've seen. I like the Emperor's entourage.

[Elisabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny way to update the classic. I am a sucker for puns so I really enjoyed them along the way. Not a fan of the ending - it was kind of meh.

[Laura Elisabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unessential remake.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

A cute update of the Hans Christian Anderson tale. Ends a bit abruptly but illustrations make it entertaining.

[Brenda Pritchard]

preschool story time; narrative skills, phonological awareness, print motivation, speech bubbles.

twist on the classic "emperors new clothes" tale.

[Trista]

A take on the Emperor's New Clothes penguin-style. Colorful illustrations.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun fractured fairytale

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Animal characters for the Emperor's New Clothes.

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