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Compestine, Ying Chang

The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes

32 pp. | Abrams | January, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-2542-5 $17.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by David Roberts. The humorously detailed watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations almost upstage this engaging reimagining of Andersen's tale, inspired by the author's reading of the story as a book-starved child during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. A young emperor concocts a plan involving ridiculous rice-sack clothing to fool his vain, greedy ministers and reclaim some of their ill-gotten gains for his people. Appended with an author's note and craft instructions.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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