The Emperor, His Bride and The Dragon Robe

author: Lisa Sankar-Zhu

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.50

book published: 2011

rating: 4

read at: 2015/02/06

date added: 2015/02/06

shelves: children-s

review:

'The Emperor, His Bride and The Dragon Robe' by Lisa Sankar-Zhu is a fairytale sent in ancient China. I don't think it's authentic, but that doesn't make it any less enchanting.



When a young emperor comes to power, he is given a robe covered in dragons that seem to come to life and come to his aid. Sometime after this, he decides he needs an empress. He chooses two women, one from the East and one from the West (of China). They are both outwardly beautiful, but one of them is quite a bit less lovely on the inside. It all comes down to a confrontation that leads to an epic fight.



It's a great read aloud story and the illustrations are just fabulous. The dragon robe gets introduced early and seems important, but then takes a backseat for awhile. The lessons of kindness and true beauty are loud and strong and readers will be cheering for the right future empress to win. It feels like a very classic Grimm fairytale and I really enjoyed reading it.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Lisa Sankar-Zhu and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this enchanting ebook.





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