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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite story as a child,
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This review is from: The King with Six Friends (Hardcover)
Probably because it was the longest in our cannon, my brothers and I would ask our parents to read it again and again. The values of cooperation, non-judgement, appreciating a diversity of friends have stayed with me through life. A classic, sadly out of print, as is his equally brilliant "Evenyone Knows What A Dragon Looks Like."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
intriguing fairy tale with a great moral,
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This review is from: The King with Six Friends (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful story, told as a fairy tale, about a king and his friends, each with a unique talent. They help each other using these gifts and are ultimately successful as a team in a situation where any one would have failed. The illustrations are old-fashioned but beautiful. The situations are interesting to children and make this a great introduction to longer fiction.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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My Absolute Favorite Fairytale,
This review is from: The King with Six Friends (Hardcover)
Cheerful young King Zar's coutnry is overthrown by a rival king, who spares his life but takes everything he has save one suit of clothes and a small bag of money. Undaunted, Zar sets out to find work for himself; unfortunately, no one wants to hire a deposed king. Along the way, Zar makes six highly unusual friends; Eryx can become a serpent, Furze can become a tree, Kindle can become a fire, Edge can become an axe, Agus can become an elephant, and Dumble can become a bee swarm. As Zar rescued each of these men from predicaments their talents brought about, the six travel with him on his journey to find a job. Their powers come in very handy when Zar falls in love with a princess, whose haughty father forces the younger king to perform three nearly impossible challenges before he can wed her.
I believe at some point my mother, my father, and myself have all read this book aloud to someone; I also try to share it with every fellow bookworm I meet. The tale is classic, with the dialogue well-written, the characters engaging, the illustrations artistically and beautifully rendered, and the timeless morals of good leadership and loyalty well to the fore. Zar himself is also a good role model, who never lets his troubles get him down, and handles difficulties with unshakable aplomb; doing, as Agus puts it, "what only a good king can do; he led us!" I highly recommend this book to anyone - especially parents of young children - who love to read a good story, as the book is rather obviously made for reading aloud to an audience. My only regret is that it is out of print, and that less and less of this generation will hear this timeless tale.
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