The Queen of Style

by Caralyn Buehner

Queen Sophie rules a small, happy kingdom of farmers, but she herself isn?t happy. Nobody ever comes to her with a problem, and she is bored to tears . . . until she spots an ad for the Royal College... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803728786
• ISBN13: 9780803728783
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

The Queen of Style

The Queen is bored. The jester can't make her laugh anymore. What can a bored Queen do? Take up hairstyling, of course! The Queen orders everyone in the village to come to the castle so she can practice on them. No one is safe from the Queen's scissors or rollers...even the sheep aren't safe! Don't forget to look at each picture carefully...

Cute story, great illustrations

I'm a huge fan of the Buehner team, and this book is so cute. It's so silly, and the pictures so bright and funny, that even my son loves it.

Hilarious and Original

What an original idea! This is a great book. It also includes a little moral that being useful and getting to know people is more important (and more fun) than having power over them. Especially good lesson for little ones who tend to force their choices on their little friends. It encourages listening to what others want. The illustration is great in this book, very humourous! The sheep are to die for.

Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children

Queen Sophie, who ruled over a small land of farmers and sheep, had too much time on her hands and not enough work to keep her occupied. When she researched new opportunities, she came across an advertisement for a correspondence course offered by the Royal College of Beauty. It seemed perfect! The only stumbling block was the requirement to practice each cutting, styling, plucking, and manicuring lesson on fifty different people. It did not take long before all the people and sheep in the kingdom had a whole new look, but just how much longer could Queen Sophie mandate their participation in her practice sessions? The Queen of Style offers readers an amusing story about the challenges and rewards of training for a vocation and starting a business. Cleverly mixed into the tale is a simple lesson about the market economy: once Sophie realized that the farmers should be able to choose which styling treatments they wanted, the demand (and appreciation) for her services took off. The illustrations are hilarious and further add to the appeal of this first-rate book.