Reader’s Annotation: The king and queen are happy to meet any friend of their friend, even if it is a pride of lions or rowdy monkeys!
Author: Beatrice de Regniers
Illustrator: Beni Montresor
Age: 3 - 8
genre/subject: Children's fiction, fantasy, picture book
Plot Summary: The king and queen invite their young friend for a series of lunches, teas and dinners. The young friend always requests to bring a friend, and the king and queen always welcome his friend, even if it is a wild animal. In the end the friend requests that they all go to visit his friends, and they end up at the zoo.
Evaluation: This book won the Caldecott Medal. Perhaps because the award was given in 1964, I was unimpressed with the illustrations. The storyline is quite clever, and I feel like that is its strength.
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness: poetic, rhyming verse.
Readalikes: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Awards/Lists: Caldecott Medal (1965)
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Hook: What friend would you bring to lunch with the King?
Ideas, Uses: Theme: friendship. Talk about friendship. Talk about how animals can be friends.
ISBN: 978-0689713538
Page Count: 48
Format: Hardcover, paperback
Publisher: Aladdin
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