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sducharme's review against another edition
5.0
Visually stunning and a exceptional example of effective use of white space, this Chinese folktale tells the story of a young oft-forgotten princess and her father. Watercolor paintings reminiscent of paper cut illustrations tie the story to its heritage and add vibrance to each page.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
A Caldecott Honor Award Winning story book told as a folktale of China. Kind of a Rapunzel story but with the emperor in the daughter and the young daughter as the hero on the ground. Sweet tale, the art a bit too stylistic for me. And the daughter being an ignored midget? seemed off. And in general too simplistic. But it just kind of worked.
snowbenton's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely charming. Beautiful art and a touching story.
jessicafee86's review against another edition
3.0
The artwork was incredibly pretty in this and Jane Yolen's writing is still beautiful even in her first books.
dandelionfluff's review against another edition
5.0
Lovely, with a satisfying ending where all are happy with lessons learned. That sounds very pedantic and moralistic, but this really is a story with depth and beauty.
calistareads's review against another edition
5.0
This book is about size. It’s not how big or important you really are, but what you actually do as a person. The Emperor had 8 children and Djeow Seow was the smallest. So small, she was ignored by her father as insignificant. She liked to fly kites.
One day the Emperor is kidnapped and a takeover of his kingdom happens. His big children weep and are worthless, but his little daughter is able to rescue him. I love how she does this. I’m sure you can guess. The artwork is interesting and fits the story well, I think.
The kids liked the story and thought the kite the girl flew looked like fun. They didn’t think it was as great as I did, but they liked that the little girl saved the father. The nephew loves when this happens. He likes to think he can do anything. He gave this 4 stars and the niece gave this 3 stars. She thought it was predictable. She is very smart and figures most stories out.
One day the Emperor is kidnapped and a takeover of his kingdom happens. His big children weep and are worthless, but his little daughter is able to rescue him. I love how she does this. I’m sure you can guess. The artwork is interesting and fits the story well, I think.
The kids liked the story and thought the kite the girl flew looked like fun. They didn’t think it was as great as I did, but they liked that the little girl saved the father. The nephew loves when this happens. He likes to think he can do anything. He gave this 4 stars and the niece gave this 3 stars. She thought it was predictable. She is very smart and figures most stories out.
ursulamonarch's review against another edition
4.0
I loved the illustrations, which I remember from my childhood, but the "bad guys" concept was over the head of my toddler, so we mainly focused on the pictures.
imperfectcj's review
4.0
A simple, sweet story of a girl who helps her father even though he hardly notices her. Lovely drawings, fun resolution of the conflict in the story. Put me in mind of King Richard the Lionheart whose mother and friend never stopped looking for him after he was imprisoned on his way back from the Crusades. It sounds like the emperor in Yolen's book, however, was a little more devoted to his role as king than King Richard was. (Another difference, of course, is that the emperor in this story is fictional and King Richard is not.)