King and king by Haan, Linda de, and Stern Nijland

Title: King and king

Author: Haan, Linda de, and Stern Nijland

Illustration: Linda de Haan & Stern Nijland

Publisher: Tricycle Press

Comments

CIP info When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as expected. This book I went back to my standard reading format. First I looked at only the illustrations. Just one word is needed to describe them, painful. They are by far the worst illustrations I have ever seen in a picture book. They are just painful to look at, but enough about my harping about the poor illustration. The second read, I only look at the text. The story is excellent. This is a story for everyone. It is a story about finding true love. The queen brings princess after princess in to meet the prince, but none of them are “the one.” Finally he finds his true love, another prince. The story is good. There are places where it could have been improved, the response of the queen is lukewarm, and the text is choppy in spots. But those issues can be common in children’s books. If the illustrations were slightly better, it would have been much better. The best thing that could happen for this book would be if someone would redo the illustrations.