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The Conquerors (Paperback)

by David McKee (Author)
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  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd; New edition edition (7 Jul 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842704680
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842704684
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 24 x 0.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 143,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This succinct and warm-hearted parable could not be bettered. - Sunday Times; David McKee is a genius... an outstanding allegory. - The Times


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The ruling General of a dominant country conquered all his neighbours in order to rule as much as possible. This plan worked, until there was only one small jovial country left. When the soldiers went there to subjugate it, they were persuaded out of their uniforms, into the taverns, and onto the dance floors. However many times soldiers were sent home and replaced by new recruits, each one was suborned; and the returning military took back with them the traditions and music of the conquered nation. Just who has conquered whom?
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fab contemporary take on the age-old message of the North Wind and the Sun., 3 Aug 2007
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This is a great story about an army that is trying to take over the world and enforce its ways upon resisting populations. The last and littlest country that they invade, instead of trying to repel the agressors, welcome the soldiers and are so hospitable that the invading army talk, sing and play with the host population. As the invading soldiers returned home they took with them the ways and customs they had learned in the little country and it could be debated therefore which country had actually ended up the conqueror! There are clear and colourful McKee pictures of soldiers parading smartly in red coats and blue caps, just right for a 3+ boy who likes to play armies and fighting, yet the message is clear, that with gentle persuasion and guidance far more can be achieved than through brute force. A winner for all children 3-6.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very good read-along parable for children learning to read, 21 Jul 2009
This is a short book with a clever storyline that a child learning to read (1-2 years experience of reading) should be able to attempt and enjoy. A strong nation conquerors all its neighbours leaving just a small country remaining which has a happy open population and no army. This nation doesn't resist, and the troops left to garrison the country are made welcome and soon lay down their arms and help work with the indigenous people and are assimilated into their culture. The furious General sees what has happened and sends replacements, but the same thing happens again. On his return home the General sees that the returning troops have brought back with them the culture, cooking, songs and way of life of the small country. The General thinks this is the spoils of war, and as the book ends we see the General sing his own child to sleep with a lullaby from the small country, and we are left to ponder who really conquered who? A very well written morality tale, the significance of which can be discussed with a young child. Good, simple, colourful illustrations and narrated in a manner children can understand. Probably the school reading book I've most enjoyed myself!
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