winner of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35

Ultimately

Must they sacrifice a future together for the sake of all they know and love

The book opens with a brief description of how to get started

yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream

The Emperor's New Clothes Aikido winner of the National BookLong ago in a province in China there lived an emperor whose greatest pleasure in life was to dress in new clothes. So begins Demi's retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a proud emperor who does not see what is obvious until he hears the truth from a child. Based upon several different translations of the original Danish story, Demi's tale is set in old provincial China. Filled with exquisite details, bright panoramas, and golden