2005-06-07
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I read a book called The Emperor Penguins New
clothes by janet perlman.The story is about penguin
Emperor getting new clothes and he has to get them by
the time the parade starts.The Emperor finally found
2 cloth pretend makers which actually were not cloth
makers.So one day he ordered them to make cloth out of some golden string and paid them gold to spin the
string,but the Emperor didn't know they were thieves
so of course they just kept the string.They started
making imaginary cloth.The next day he grew tired of waiting for the new clothes so he immediately went to the room where the thieves were working. He told them to work faster but he was in luck.They were making cloth. He looked at the cloth but there was nothing to be seen. He didn't want to be dishonest and simple minded and he thought it would be terrible to b, so he made them dress him in it. Finally they were done.The parade started and the brave penguin walked out.Everyone was very astonished but then someone started clapping Dan then they all joined in. Suddenly one little boy said something very embarrassing. He said "Hey!" that guy has no clothes on at all. Everyone was silent for a moment. Then they started whispering and saying that he really didn't have any clothes on but the Emperor knew he had to go on. So he did and with that the thieves were never seen in town again.
I liked this book because I like tricksters and the thieves in the story tricked the emperor.
The theme and the message in the story is to never listen to people you don't know, because they could be planning something. The word choice in the story is very good because it makes me feel like I am really in the story. The conflict was nice and I liked it because it was person vs person. The illustrations were very good because they had lots of details. My favorite picture with lots of details. My favorite picture with lots of details was the one with the parade.
The characters in the story were always suprised. The other version of the story i didn't like because it was old fashion and the pictures were ugly. I think somebody who likes this book should read it like kids because they are more interested.