King & King & Family

by Stern Nijland and Linda de Haan

Book Overview

Join newlyweds King Lee and King Bertie on their journey into the noisy jungle. As they float down a river, wild animal families turn out to greet them but the royal travellers suspect something more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582461139
• ISBN13: 9781582461137
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fun Adventure with Neat Drawings

This is one of my favorite children's books. It is a fun adventure tale with very cool drawings. In response to some criticism that the princess in the story is not acquired properly, I would just say that it is a fairy tale! Not everything has to be real. And they do send in the proper paperwork, so some attempt is made to show you don't just get to keep children you find in the jungle without telling anyone. Since my children have a very traditional looking family I think it's nice for them to grow up knowing ours isn't the only option. One thing about the drawings (which I do love), though, is they are very complex for very little kids. My son finds them more interesting as he gets older. I recommend this book for gay and straight families alike.

Sweet, fun, story

King and King and Family is a sweet and fun tale that shows us the importance of families, loving relationships, and having the ability to nurture love within a family. Told in a very young-child age appropriate way.

K is for Kindly Kingly Kidnapping

Some critics seem to think this book is a how-to manual about building a family. Nonsense! It is a fictional account of how one child was kidnapped, but it's okay because the kidnappers are gay! I would have liked to see more about how the Kings' friends reacted when it turned out they brought a child back from the honeymoon - something like "gosh, we didn't even know you were pregnant" or "no wonder you 'had' to get married!" There is a lot of room for humor in this situation.

Not the Best sequel to a beloved book, but still fun.

While I would have preferred a more straightforward way for them to find a child (or perhaps for the orphan that the two Kings find to be a baby instead of a child since to me it seemed more like she was a runaway), this is still a worthy addition to this series. I bought this for my "niece" (our friend's child who refers to my partner and I as "Uncle Paul and Uncle Bryan") for her third birthday, since she's enjoyed the first book for the past year as one of her more frequently requested "night-night" storytime books (along with the Curious George series and "The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish" by Neil Gaiman). The illustrations are fantastic paintings with lots of colorful images of various animals and their children throughout a tropical environment that the Kings see on their honeymoon. I would recommend it to any parent with an open mind.

joyfull!

I do like this sequel to King & King!!! Because They find a child the same way they find love. Without lectures, or educational purposes. This book is even more joyfull and colourfull than part 1! Full of little jokes and very cute animals! Simply lovely!!!