Stories for a prince - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241110521 ISBN 13: 9780241110522

Publisher: H. Hamilton, 1983

Includes fourteen stories written by British schoolchildren and illustrated by well-known illustrators to be used as bedtime stories for Prince William of Wales.

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-4 The end-product of a national schools' competition to write a bedtime story for HRH Prince William of Wales. The proceeds of the book will go to the Royal National Institute for the Blind. The 14 stories, written by British students ages 8 to 15 and illustrated by 11 British illustrators, are nicely showcased, and because of the great diversity of illustrative styles, plots, and settings, each story is unique. Yet there are similarities among the stories. Dragons appear as frequently as humans (there is also a worm, a hedgehog, the Loch Ness Monster and more), and the central conflict for many is alienation: being different, being an outsider; feeling lonely, unloved and unappreciated, but with a great desire for recognition and to achieve greatness as well as acceptance. Solutions often come because the distinguishing and alienating trait is seen in a new lighta sort of Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed-Reindeer turnabout. But cooperation, receptivity to new ideas and creativity is also a common answer. There are literary echoes and influences, but there is invention as well, with bright spots of outlandish humor and some witty characterizations. The uses of language are alternately sure and simple and vivid and direct; awkward and surprising and unbalanced. Relating these children's efforts to their own, readers may find that Stories for a Prince will serve as an example, an inspiration and, especially with guidance, a springboard for their own creative writing. Susan Powers, Berkeley Carroll St. School, Brooklyn
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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