Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES is a collection of fables - THE HAPPY PRINCE had been, in life, a joyful personality. However, now, immortalised by a gold and jewel encrusted statue, he's saddened by the poverty of his citizens. Unable to move, he enlists the help of a swallow to help his people ... In THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE, a nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. But will the nightingale's sacrifice be enough?
Is The Happy Prince and other tales appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 6 and up.
These classic fairy tales teach compassion and sacrifice through allegorical stories, with melancholic endings that may be emotionally heavy for very young readers. Characters die (statue, bird, nightingale) in service of others.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include death, animal death, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Kids will love stories about a statue and a bird who help poor people, and a nightingale who tries to help a student find love.