The Emperor's New Clothes (Folk Tale Classics)

I have always loved this story! So much depth in a small book for children. The Emperor's vanity causes him to make a fool of himself in view of all his subjects. He wants to impress others so he, and all his advisors, pretend to see the invisible cloth that can only be seen if you are wise and worthy, according to the weavers. An innocent child is the only one honest enough to say, "The Emperor has no clothes on!" The world is full of hypocrites. Few of us have the courage and honesty to say, "The Emperor has no clothes on!"

Such a cute story about a foolish person who a child could see through even though adults refused to acknowledge the truth. Love it. Thanks.

I have seen several versions of the story on TV but I was blown away by the art of Virginia Lee Burton in adapting this Hans Christian Anderson fable. For us visual types the art helps frame the story. It is also cleaverly done when the emperpor is looking in the mirror the angle is such that we see what the empoer sees. It is a great story for early elementary teachers (grades 1 and 2) to read aloud to their reading groups. It is also a good story for remedial English learners because it is an interesting story and the vocabulary is straight forward. It woulld be an excellent project for student teachers to use for any of their reading class projects. As with all fables it has a moral without being religious.

Is book is important for children to read, sense adults use it for analogies. I don’t believe that will end. It was amusing to see how shocked my daughter was at the end.

Better yet, use it for a "Critical Thinking Reading Hour" at your local public library.

I mean, I think everyone knows the story. So there's not too much to add. I've seen different versions of the story before that I liked better, but this one does the job (paperback).

This was my son's favorite book 33 years ago. I purchased this for my new grandson. So many memory's

I love this old tale. I wrote a blog about it at Shelliet.com