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This book is recommended for children aged 6-8. Beautiful illustrations. This book re-tells the classic story of the ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, to a story about a young Chinese Emperor, Ming Da, who outsmarts his dishonest ministers. Anyone who is honest, will see the clothes’ true splendour, but anyone who is dishonest will only see rice sacks. I think that there are some really important messages and themes in the book that can be used as in the classroom, either as a whole class discussion
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Suitable for key stage 1 - A humorous retelling of the classic tale ‘The emperor’s new clothes’ but with a little twist. The story is set in China and is about a young emperor named Ming Da who comes up with a plan with his loyal tailors to trick his dishonest ministers who are stealing from him. With the generous nature of the young emperor, he hopes to defy his corrupted ministers and get the royal treasury of gold, rice and silk back. With the beautiful illustrations, the book can easily be u
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This was a really nice story of a child who ended up being the hero. Beautiful illustrations and little text would make this book accessible to many children. Would be a great book to introduce Chinese history and could be used as a topic in a classroom.
