A review by imperfectcj
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, Ed Young

4.0

A simple, sweet story of a girl who helps her father even though he hardly notices her. Lovely drawings, fun resolution of the conflict in the story. Put me in mind of King Richard the Lionheart whose mother and friend never stopped looking for him after he was imprisoned on his way back from the Crusades. It sounds like the emperor in Yolen's book, however, was a little more devoted to his role as king than King Richard was. (Another difference, of course, is that the emperor in this story is fictional and King Richard is not.)