This retelling of Andersen's well-known tale about the naked king who thinks that he is wearing a beautiful suit, is written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton, author of Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel and other beloved children's classics. This version ably captures the king's vanity and foolishness and the toadiness of his courtiers - only the little child, too innocent to play along with the scam, utters the truth - that the king is wearing nothing at all.