A vain Emperor who cares for nothing hires two swindlers that promise him the finest, best suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or "hopelessly stupid". The Emperor cannot see the cloth himself, but pretends that he can for fear of appearing unfit for his position; his ministers do the same. When the swindlers report that the suit is finished, they mime dressing him and the Emperor marches in procession before his subjects, who play along with the pretense, until a child in the crowd, too young to understand the desirability of keeping up the pretense, blurts out that the Emperor is wearing nothing at all and the cry is taken up by others. The Emperor cringes, suspecting the assertion is true, but continues the procession.

Course features:

• Use of basic grammatical structures and limited vocabulary;

• Glossy detailed illustrations on each page;

• Simple activities and a picture glossary every four pages;

• Fully dramatised version of the story and picture glossary on Audio CD / CD-ROM;

• Song;

• Instructions for staging a performance of the story provided in the Teacher’s Book.