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Little King December (Hardcover)

by Axel Hacke (Author), Michael Sowa (Illustrator)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 60 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (7 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747558183
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747558187
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 16.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 685,175 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An intense and often claustrophobic narrative, infuriating and addictive in equal measure.


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For some time now, I've been getting visits, every now and again, from December II, the little pot-bellied king. He's about three inches tall and so fat that he can't button up his tiny red velvet coat with the magnificent ermine collar. "Little King December" comes from a place where, the day you are born, you wake up fully grown and fully clothed, in a suit, say. And that very first day of your life you go into your office, do some deals, write a computer programme, or sell foreign rights in a first novel. You are born big, knowing everything, but every day you get a little bit smaller and you forget a little bit more, so that at the end of your life you are tiny, and you spend your days forgetting things, eating jelly bears and chasing shadows in the garden. King December lives in a tiny room in a hole in the wall, the shelves piled high with countless colourful boxes, full of his dreams.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Odd but beautiful little book, 27 Oct 2002
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Having bought Michael Sowa's excellent 'Sowa's Ark' I was very eager to see his illustrations for 'Little King December' and bought the latter for this alone without any expectations for the story. I was not disappointed in any way - 'Little King December' is a beautiful little book. Michael Sowa's illustrations are, as always, excellent and suit the tale perfectly. An odd but lovely story of a tiny pot bellied king, born grown up and reaching childhood, who shows you things in your world you wouldn't normally see and reminds you of what's important.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Prophetic text for children and adults., 13 Mar 2003
By DM Webster "arakis2002" (Norfolk) - See all my reviews
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Just the St-Exupery's The Little Prince, this tells the first person narrative of a man's meeting with a strange person- this time a king who shrinks as he grows older and relinquishes his responsibilities- in fact the complete antithesis of our own lives. A very clever little book with enough story to entertain my 8 year old, but also enough to ponder over for me...and of course Michael Sowa's wonderful colour pictures.
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