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bookjockeybeth's review against another edition
2.0
Gorgeous illustrations. Poor storyline-especially the ending.
mat_tobin's review against another edition
3.0
After reading this, I couldn't help but wonder whether the words were needed at all. As a wordless picturebook, the story of the Red Prince could provoke plenty of discussion around the pictures and their interpretation. Whatever the case, it is the illustrations that really do much of the telling here and they are excellent. Cole paces the whole story well, drawing you in which full double-page bleeds for a sense of scope and the dramatic and using perspective and size to influence our feelings around the prince as well as colour.
libraryjen's review against another edition
3.0
Catalogued this at work today. Decent story, gorgeous illustrations.
fernthepanda's review against another edition
2.0
A bit underwhelming, but the illustrations were beautiful.
canada_matt's review against another edition
4.0
After the King and Queen depart their kingdom for a time, the young prince is placed in charge. Evildoers from outside the region rush to capture the prince and hold him for ransom. When he escapes, the prince seeks help from his subjects to ensure that he is safe. Their unique and ingenious plan shows everyone just who's boss. Neo liked this story, though had to wonder how everyone just happened to have clean red clothes for all to wear!
mat_tobin's review
3.0
After reading this, I couldn't help but wonder whether the words were needed at all. As a wordless picturebook, the story of the Red Prince could provoke plenty of discussion around the pictures and their interpretation. Whatever the case, it is the illustrations that really do much of the telling here and they are excellent. Cole paces the whole story well, drawing you in which full double-page bleeds for a sense of scope and the dramatic and using perspective and size to influence our feelings around the prince as well as colour.
katebrarian's review
3.0
The illustrations are just gorgeous in this book. I stopped on every page to admire what was going on. I really couldn't get behind the story, though. There wasn't any context, it just felt like someone describing a generic fairy tale: the prince was captured while the king and queen were gone, but with the help of his people, managed to get back home. That's basically it, who knows where the king and queen went or why, who came to capture the city and the prince and why it was so dang easy, if the people could have easily risen up against their captors like they did at the end, why didn't they do it first to not let themselves be captured, or anytime in the 4 days that the prince was imprisoned? ANYWAY the pictures are great.
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