The Prince Who Was Just Himself Summary

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The book I have chosen is The Prince Who Was Just Himself written by Silke Schnee and illustrated by Heike Sistig. This book was originally published in Germany in 2011 but was reprinted in English in 2015 by Plough Publishing House. This fairytale is about a royal family who has three rambunctious sons. The youngest son, Prince Noah, is a little different than his brothers. His family notices that he is very special, even if he cannot do everything that his brothers can do. One day, Prince Noah has to take on the enemy, the cruel knight, by using the act of compassion to defeat him. Prince Noah does not let the fact that he has Down Syndrome stop him from defeating the cruel knight. Prince Noah saves the day and they live happily ever after. …show more content…
This book is also great because it helps children accept others around them who are different and may face developmental challenges. The Prince Who Was Just Himself has received many positive reviews from all over praising the main character and the acceptance from others. People also praise this book for showing a world where everyone is not the same. This book is intended for children 3 and older. I learned that this author wrote this book for her son Noah, who is the youngest of three and who also has Down Syndrome. Schnee noticed that there was not any books that positively represented her son so she made it her mission to change that. She has published a few other books based on her son Noah. I actually have this book on my Christmas list because I think it is such an amazing book. I plan on having this book in my classroom one day. The link I attached is about the book and the family it is based on …show more content…
This book is also beneficial to our society because it a fairytale whose main characters are boys and they are princes. I think this book is important for 21st century readers for many reasons. For starters, it breaks away from the stereotypical idea that fairytales have to be girl books or the main character has to be a girl. The book’s main character is a boy with a disability and instead of focusing on what he cannot do or the disability itself, the book focuses on what he can do in a creative and imaginative way. A recent study by the CDC says that one in every six children have some sort of intellectual or developmental disability. In other words, there are a lot of kids how some sort of disability. I thought it would be easy to find how many children's books published in the last 10 years show children with different disabilities. I was wrong, it was really hard and I never found a definite answer. However, I did find that each year more and more books are being published that show some sort of disability in a positive way. Most books that show disability are written by parents who have a child with a disability and then only published by small publishing companies. Which means that it is hard to get inclusive books known. I then researched children’s books that represent children with D.S. in an
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