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found the story clunky, although the message was fine, The lonely Prince must discover how to be true to himself, although there is not much acknowledgement of what must be sacrificed to do so no mention of how the King had ignored his only son to presumably remain true to himself, for example.


The illustrations are glorious, My favorite spreads are the ones that take place after dark with the streetlamps lit, The glow from those streetlamps warms the whole oversize doublepage spread in truly amazing fashion, I immediately fell in love with this touching story of a little Prince growing up in a huge cold palace, emotionally distant from busy parents, the king and queen, who has to find his own happiness in his overprivileged, but under loved world.
I liked him finding friendship with the Bootman of the palace who takes him under his wing,

I enjoyed following the Prince on his journey discovering the ordinary world outside the palace at night,

The book itself was bigger than expected, think Astorybook size, but nevertheless it's made up by the beautiful illustrations on the pages which exactly capture the feelings of the little Prince in the large lonely world of the palace without hugs.


The Invisible Kingdom has been one of my favourites since I got it for Christmas, It's a short read approximately one day as it's not a lengthy novel and I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it as these kinds of 'picture books' illustrated pages have never been my thing, but The Invisible Kingdom changed that.
The narrative is brilliant and I can't wait to read more of Rob Ryan's books, Storystars, but the beautiful papercut illustrations arestars! Story:stars
Illustrations:stars

A lonely young prince attempts to find his way in the world and be true to himself, despite his duty to train to become king someday.
The cliffhanger ending is both an ending and a new beginning, The book is visually interesting, but many of the dark and colored pages are very hard on the eyes,

Atpgs, it is much too long, and rather textheavy, for a picture book, And this is the first book of a planned trilogy, Rather than stuffing this story into three overlong picture books, this should have been published as one illustrated middle grade novel, This would have provided the additional benefit of allowing the text to be broken into chapters, As it is now, the continuous text doesn't flow smoothly, and there are some obvious places where muchneeded chapter breaks would correct that issue,

I'm confused about the time period of the story, Due to the bootman and all the oldfashioned shoes/boots, I assumed this story was historical, But then the prince puts on running shoes and roams around a modern city, That juxtaposition seems odd to me,
Really neat illustrated story of a boy who would become king, The silhouettes throughout the book make for an awesome through line, And weaving the words into spaces in the art made for a great visual journey, Read this! The Invisible Kingdom is probably a more advanced picture book, It is heavier with text and the imagery, inspired by or created through printmaking processes, is somewhat abstract, I wonder a bit about what ages might encounter it or how adults discover it to read to young ones,
The imagery is beautiful, especially in the early exposition, The story is poignant, although with a somewhat abrupt tobecontinued ending, I enjoyed this one much more than The Kingdom Revealed, The illustrations are still what make the book so pleasant to look at, I think I may have been a bit strict when rating this, because I had my publishing glasses on, But the truth is I only liked it, I didn't love it, The story is nice and has some touching and original bits, but on the whole was fairly regular, I am however looking forward to the rest of the trilogy and to seeing what will happen with this young rebellious King, The one thing I will give this book loads of credit for is the design and illustrations! It is a beautiful book, I feel the book as a whole reflects the fact that Rob Ryan is firstly an artist, and secondly an author, I stumbled across this in the children's section of the library and thought I'd read it to see if I would recommend it to my kids.

It's quite a long story for being a picture book, and makes several twists and turns, plus the art is impressive, I was a little disappointed by the end until I realized that this is the first book of a trilogy, So now I've asked the library to please buy the other two books and I'm looking forward to see how it continues,
The story is about finding out who you are and what you want, about loneliness and responsibilities, about finding friendship in unlikely places, about how kids need adults who can support them, about how to cope in a difficult situation and making the best of it.
. . Lots of nice things to ponder, Gorgeous words and stunning illustrations combine in a book for anyone aged, by internationally renowned papercut artist Rob Ryan, Rob Ryan has collaborated with Paul Smith, Liberty, Fortnum and Mason and Tatty Devine, amongst others,

This is a story about a prince, He lived in a palace that seemed to have been specially designed to make someone who already felt small feel even smaller, He rarely saw his parents, who were always busy being the King and Queen and, unlike other children, the Prince never spent time dreaming about what he would be when he grew up because he knew that when his father died, he would become King.
It was his destiny.

The only person who treated the Prince like a normal child was the Bootman, Understanding that everyone needs something to call their own, the Bootman gave the Prince a pen with invisible ink and a special torch that allowed him to create a world that only he could see.


One night, as the Prince was drawing on the curtains that surrounded his bed, he noticed a small hole and beyond that a trapdoor, which led to the attic.
And in the attic he found a window and a way to sneak out of the palace and experience the real world,

THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM is about a small boy, a big imagination and learning to be your own person, If you loved Roman Holiday, you will love this, It is a picture book, but is for advanced readers, so best recommending it tograders, I was very surprised when the book ended with a cliffhanger and am now dying to read the next one! "I know that people need something to call their own.
Even a king who can, at the click of his fingers, command anything he wants, any time he wants it, needs to have something that truly belongs to him alone, even if it's only a dream.
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"The greatest secret in the world is the secret that is never told, At first it seems so big that you feel as if you can't hold it in, but if you manage to keep it within yourself you will see it begin to grow into something more rich and more beautiful than you ever could have imagined.
" Deep, meaningful, kind of a morality story, Coming of age to be your own person, "จงทำสงทใจลกเชอวาถก แมวาโลกทงโลกจะไมเหนดวย"
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ปล.อยากรวาเจาชายเดยวดายจะไปยงไงตอนะ This is a lovely storybook and quite a relaxed read, Simple but lovely storybooks like this one can be enjoyed by anybody, Looking from an illustrators point of view, the artwork in this book is beautiful and the dreamy blue colour palette is kept well throughout, It's a shadowed style of illustration but it is quite fitting to the book, The story itself is a nice little one, some say the downside to this book is that it is "textheavy" which personally I disagree with.
I think sharing books like this with children is a great start to an introduction to reading books with more text, Beautiful! Brought a tear to my eye! It's kind of like the first two books of Gormenghast retold for children with artwork in a beautiful woodcut style and I would not have realized what a charming package that makes before I pulled it off the shelves by chance.
The book was very pretty and I really like the idea of the story, but it didn't feel well told, I really wanted to like it but it felt a little dull, The vocabulary and length of the story makes it suited forth graders, If I could bring myself to, I'd probably only give this bookstars, but I'm sure a lot of love and care has gone into making it, so I shall stick with.
This fairytale is not well told, There are strange leaps in the narrative, with several cases where one paragraph follows another on the page but there seems to be no connection at all.
The mixture of modern with traditional doesn't work for me a lot is made of the palace bootman, and yet apparently the young prince has running shoes, even though he is never allowed to leave the palace, and one cannot imagine he is allowed to run inside the palace.
If you're a massive Rob Ryan fan the design and illustration may be enough for you to still enjoy this book, but it wasn't for me.
There are lots of pages with pale text on black background, Very stylish looking but actually a nightmare to read forget trying to read this at bedtime with reduced light! Some of the images also didn't work for example the road cleaning lorry spraying water at angles that confuse you when you look closely.
I wanted to love this book, but was left unsatisfied, Beautiful picture book for older readers probably grades, although range could be extended either way, Cut paper illustrations help tell the story of a lonely little prince isolated by his royalty and yearning for

friendship, The only complaint I have is that occasionally the text got a little lost/difficult to read against the illustrations, Also, it may be a hard sell to a target audience who wants "grownup" books, even though the text is for older children, the large format and illustrations make it look like a "little kid" book.
sitelink /The Invisible Kingdom by Rob Ryan I was suckered into buying this picture book by the beauty of it's cover and illustrations, The story is just okay, I was disappointed in a cliffhanger ending, A cliffhanger ending in a children's book! Ugh, Maybe all together, the book series could be more than just okay, but I'm put off by the manipulation of the ending, ดวยรสนยมสวนตว ใจจงนกรกหนงสอเลมนไปเสยตงแตอานไดเพยงหนา

หนงสอภาพเลมนบอกเลาเรองราวการเรยนรและเตบโตของเจาชายเดยวดายคนหนง หนงสอไมไดนำเสนอเรองราวและแนวคดทแปลกใหมนาตนตะลงอะไร แตกลบเปนแนวทางเดมๆ ทเราคนชน ทตนเตนและหลงรกอาจจะเปนเพราะวานานเกนไปแลวทเราไมไดสมผสกบเรองราวแบบน ทมาพรอมกบภาพประกอบทงดงาม และการจดพมพทปราณตออกมาเปนหนงสอปกแขงเลมโตททำใหซมซบความงามของภาพไดอยางเตมตา

เปนความงามทไมไดหาสมผสกนไดบอยครงนก. จงรสกเตมอมมากเปนพเศษ Just OK. As other reviewers have mentioned the book is beautifully illustrated, The story is fairly slow and the prose is flowery and full of exposition but not a lot of development, It's more suitable for older YA readers, I liked the idea of the key and the story could have been built up more strongly with it as the focus, This book is so beautifully illustrated and yet it doesnt seem like a childrens book at all, I think maybe theres a lesson for every age “อยาพดอะไรตอนะ เพราะความลบทยงใหญทสดในโลก คอความลบทไมมใครร”
Book: เจาชายเดยวดายในอาณาจกรลองหน The Invisible Kingdom
Writer: Rob Ryan
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เรองเกดเมอเจาชายคนพบหองลบบนเพดานหองนอนตวเอง ทเมอไตไปเรอย ๆ กทำใหไปเจอกบหนาตางทนำพาใหเจาชายไดออกนอกวงเปนครงแรก และไดพบกบสงตนตาตนใจนอกวง ทเปดหเปดตา และมมมองใหมๆใหเจาชาย
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เรองในเลมนเปนเพยงในเลมในชดไตรภาค ยงมอกเลมคอ The Kingdom Revealed และ The Invincible Kingdom ซงดจากเวลาทนานมากแลว ไมมวแววทจะแปลเลมไทยใหเราไดอาน นาเสยดายมากเลยคะ สงสยตองตามหาจาก ebooks แทนแลว.