© 2016 The Plough Publishing House, Walden, New York
You may recall when we were introduced to Prince Noah in the
story The Prince Who Was Just Himself.
He is back—along with his brothers (princes Luke and Jonah) and this time the
boys are off to school.
In the fairy tale kingdom where they live, school is
different than the school that we know. School is on a ship—the boys on one,
the girls on another, the children with eye patches went to school on another
ship, those with only one leg on another, and there was even a special ship for
the children who didn’t learn so fast.
Adventure begins when all the ships are blown into pirate
waters by a terrible storm. All the children are captured and taken to an
island where they are imprisoned in a tower. The children all work together
using the things they have learned on their separate ships to escape and return
home to their families.
This endearing story encourages us to work together to solve
problems and remember that everyone is important, even those of us who may be
just a little different.
The author has teamed up again with illustrator Heike Sistig
to give us another book that highlights the wonder of children who are “just themselves.”
Having a child with Coffin-Lowry Syndrome, I find Schnee’s treatment of her own
son with Down Syndrome delightful. Especially endearing is her description of
her own Prince Noah as “blessed with an extra chromosome.”
Families with special needs children should get a copy of
this book. And every school library should invest in a copy of this delightful
tale—even if they are in a building and not on sailing ship. (5 reading
glasses)
—Benjamin Potter ,
August 6, 2016
[Disclaimer: I received this book
for free for the purposes of this review.]
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