King and King is a story about a prince who is forced to find a princess to marry. His mother explains that she is tired of ruling the kingdom and he must be married so that he may take over. Princess after princess is presented to the prince, but no one seems to fit. Then the last princess is announced with her brother as her escort, and the young prince falls in love. However, it's not with the princess.
This story addresses the topic of sexuality in a fairy tale form. The prince falls in love with another prince. They marry and are called "King and King" by their subjects. I like this story because it doesn't harp on the fact that prince falls in love with a boy instead of a girl. The two meet, fall in love, and get married just like they would if it had been a girl and a boy. The story is still just as happy, and just as much fun. It's showing kids that it's okay for two boys to be in love.
Another thing I love about this story are the illustrations. They are fantastic. They're all made with paper, and other craft supplies and then pictures were taken and words printed on top. There are newspaper clippings, cotton balls, felt, and tissue paper. It brings an element of texture to the pictures that I thought really added to the story. In addition, the words were printed in with the text. They flowed over the page, or were in a circle of the arch way. The way the illustrations and the text interacted really made a difference!
No comments:
Post a Comment