Read about this wonderful new rendition of a very old classic. The Book Flap and a book description appear below. You may order this book and an accompanying CD by simply clicking on either of the entries below. All royalties are being donated to the Starbright Foundation. |
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As narrated by: Liam Neeson, Harrison Ford
& Melissa Mathison, Angela Lansbury, Nathan Lane, Jason Alexander, Dr. Ruth, Madonna,
Carrie Fisher, Penny Marshall, Melissa Joan Hart, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jeff Goldblum,
Dan Aykroyd, Robin Williams, Geena Davis, Calvin Klein, Rosie O'Donnell, Fran Drescher,
Joan Rivers, Steven Spielberg, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, John Lithgow and Jay Leno
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The
Emperor's New Clothes : An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale (with Audio CD)
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The
Emperor's New Clothes : An All-Star Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale ~
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Book Description
For this star-studded, collaborative interpretation of the egocentric emperor's sober
unveiling, the cast of characters expands to include the perspectives of an imperial
physician (as told by Dr. Ruth Westheimer) and a court jester (who else but Robin
Williams)-even the emperor's trunks talk (animated by the voice of Calvin Klein:
"nothing comes between me and my Emperor!"). Steven Spielberg, who makes an
appearance in the text playing "the honest boy" who blows the whistle on the
emperor's birthday suit, also pens the books introduction. Each character's concise
monologue (recorded by the reteller on an enclosed CD) is paired with a portrait, offering
the venerable artists here latitude for satiric humor: Sendak's evil prime minister plots
the emperor's undoing in the bathtub with repeated images of the crowned man's bare behind
on the wallpaper; garbed in white silk bow tie, ruffled cuffs and primped tresses, C.F.
Payne's imperial dresser could have prepped the founding fathers; and Daniel Adel's
painting of Madonna as Marie Antoinette is a showstopper.
From the Inside Flap
In This bold, hilarious, and sumptuously illustrated book, Hans Christian Andersen's
beloved fairy tale is given star treatment. The celebrity cast includes renowned actors
and actresses, award-winning illustrators, and many other highly acclaimed personalities
whose talent are outshined only by their generosity. This remarkable group of contributors
has donated all of the royalties from this book to Starbright , an innovative charitable
organization committed to improving the lives of seriously ill children. Their gift to the
Starbright Foundation is a gift for every reader, a brilliantly reinvented classic that
will delight children of all ages.
