This is a fictional story. The illustrations are done in bright watercolors. The content of the book is about an emporer who gets tricked into wearing the "finest clothes" in all the land. The two men pretend to make the clothes and dress him. They tell him the clothes are invisible to anyone who is stupid or unfit, the emporer cannot see them, but he pretends to so that no one will think he is stupid. He parades around the town in his invisible new clothes and everyone but him realizes that he really is wearing nothing. The reading level of this book is second to third grade. Some curricular connections could be new clothes, swindlers, and fairy tales.

Intricately illustrated version of the classic. Good for school age and up. ( )

This is the classic Hans Christian Anderson story of a man whose foolish pride gets the best of him. With bright, vivid illustrations, kids love this version. ( )

The emperor’s new clothes are... nonexistant. The traditional story, nothing fancy. ( )

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