The Emperor S New Suit Read Aloud

A collection of three popular folk tales; Emperor's new clothes, Steadfast tin soldier and Puss in boots.

Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China, and his three advisors take advantage of him by stealing his stores of rice, gold, and precious stones. But Ming Da has a plan. With the help of his tailors, he comes up with a clever idea to outsmart his devious advisors: He asks his tailors to make “magical” new clothes for him. Anyone who is honest, the young emperor explains, will see the clothes’ true splendor, but anyone who is dishonest will see only burlap sacks. The emperor dons a burlap sack, and the ministers can’t help but fall for his cunning trick.

Sometimes telling the truth can make us feel very silly, but not telling the truth makes us even sillier. A vain and self-important Emperor is tricked by two sneaky tailors into thinking that he has a marvelous suit that only wise people can see, when in fact he has no suit at all. Will anyone step forward and tell the truth about the invisible clothes, or is the Emperor doomed to parade around town in his underwear? This beloved story from Hans Christian Anderson teaches an important lesson about humility and truth, brought to life with beautiful illustrations.

Follow a young Korean girl as she dresses and prepares for the Lunar New Year.

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author best known for writing children's stories including "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling." But he didn't just write short stories, and his intended audience wasn't restricted to children. In addition to his fairy tales, Andersen wrote poems, plays, novels, travel books, essays, and more. He hungered for recognition at home (Denmark) and abroad-and he got it! Eventually. Today, his stories can be read in over one hundred languages. But no matter what language they're in, Andersen's tales have got something for everyone. In them, you'll find beauty, tragedy, nature, religion, artfulness, deception, betrayal, love, death, judgment, penance, and-occasionally-a happy ending. They're complex tales, but since Andersen himself was pretty complex, we like to think that art imitates life. Or something like that. "The Emperor's New Clothes" (Danish: Kejserens nye Kl?der) is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, no one dares to say that he doesn't see any suit of clothes until a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" The tale has been translated into over a hundred languages. Includes a unique illustration!

The emperor rules a country where nobody wears any clothes, and winter turns everyone's bottom blue. Then, two strangers come to town and offer to make the ruler some invisible clothes in a new twist on an old story. B&W illustrations throughout.

Two dishonest weavers sell the vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes.

For use in schools and libraries only. In this version of the Andersen tale, the vain principal of P.S. 88 is persuaded by two tailors that they will make him an amazing, one-of-a-kind, suit that will be visible only to intelligent people.