King Thrushbeard by Kelly Morrow
For true love King Thrushbeard teaches the King's daughter the fruits of
humility and hard work after she mocks him and many other suitors she
deems unworthy for marriage in her haughty and prideful state. After
refusing to pick a husband from the finest men in the land, her father
forces her to marry a beggar and banishes her from the Kingdom. She is
led into the simplest of lives where she is expected to tend to her own
needs as well as the needs of her new husband. Constantly ruing her bad
behavior, she works hard to transform her selfish ways, and is finally
rewarded with the discovery that the beggar she has married is in fact
the very man she mocked, King Thrushbeard, who presides over a vast
Kingdom and makes the finest of husbands.
Written and
illustrated by class teacher Kelly Morrow, King Thrushbeard is one of
four introductory readers. The author is a trained reading specialist
and has used her skills to provide young children with adequate material
as they take up the wonderful adventure of learning to read.
Waldorf Publications
ISBN 978-1-936367-04-7
Softbound
30 pages
6 x 8.5 inches
Illustrated