Emperor’s New Clothes

retold by Ned Bustard


This is the story of a vain simpleton – an emperor who is swindled by a pair of rogues claiming to be great weavers. Promising miraculous clothes that are invisible to any man who is unfit for his work or stupid the emperor proves himself to be both before being humbled in the end by an honest child. Hans Christian Andersen’s classic yarn of vanity and pride comes to life again in rich illustrations set against a kaleidoscope of cloth.