The Emperor and the Nightingale

The Emperor of China has a nightingale who sings marvellously, but when he gets a bejewelled toy bird, which sings when it is wound up, he forgets his plain little nightingale. Then one day, the dying Emperor desperately needs a song and realises that the artificial bird is incapable of love and loyalty. Loved for generations, Hans Christian Anderson's heart-warming and unusual poignant story is bought to vivid life by the colorful illustrations.