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Title: The Emperors New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen, Starbright Foundation ISBN: 0-15-601069-0 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Star-Spangled Spectacular
Comment: This book is wonderful!!! I purchased this a little while ago and I love to listen to it. It has Beautiful illustrations by Steven Kellop, Tomie dePaola, and Graeme Base. Plus, if you get the CD with it, you get to hear Stars like Robin Williams (Jester), Johnathan Taylor Thomas (Prince), Melissa Joan Hart (Princess) and the Narrator, Jay Leno, read their own words. Speilberg did a great job giving actors parts that match their personalities like Fran Dresher as the Heralding Horn, Angela Lansbury as the Spinning Wheel, and Madona as the Empress. This is a great rewriting of a traditional story. The one thing that I didn't like was that the CD isn't broken up into sections so you can't just skip ahead to your favorite actors part. But that doesn't really matter because the whole thing is great.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great boy's book!
Comment: I have three boys 10,7,and 6. They absolutely loved this book, especially my 7 year old! He must have listened to it 50 times in 2 weeks. We read a lot of books and I have never heard him laugh out loud like he did for this book. He has talked about it ever since he first read it. This version adds humor and wit to an old classic without ruining the story line. The story is told from the perspective of the people and objects involved in it. This is a fabulous way to tell the story! The wonderful artwork and change of voices on each page holds the attention of younger children all the way through this rather long book. The kids enjoyed looking at the pictures and retelling the story themselves without listening to the CD as well. The only problem we had with this was the fact that the CD couldn't jump to the page we left off on. We always had to start the story over. The kids never seemed to mind it - just me!
Rating: 4
Summary: Delightful Attempt that misses the point.
Comment: I enjoyed this book and the accompanying CD very much. It is appropriate for the 8-12 year old set as well as for adults. My only problem was that the moral of the story was misconstrued. The moral of this story is that we should have the courage to challenge the status quo. While the moral of the original is to point out the outrageously foolish lengths that people will go in support of leaders (Royalty or Presidents). Irreverence and attacks on the status quo were interesting when they were unusual. The generation of Hollywood stars who so amusingly narrate this story appear cut of the same 1960's cloth and use this format to promote their ideas of the proper role of the individual in society. All In all this is a good book/CD package and I recommend it.
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Title: Once upon a Fairy Tale: Four Favorite Stories by Various, Various Illustrators ISBN: 0670035009 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkeley Breathed ISBN: 0316106755 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Flawed Dogs: The Year End Leftovers at the Piddleton "Last Chance" Dog Pound by Berkeley Breathed ISBN: 0316713597 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 17 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen, Eve Tharlet, Rosemary Lanning ISBN: 0735817014 Publisher: North South Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Last Basselope, The by Berkeley Breathed ISBN: 0316126640 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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