Author: Sid Fleischman
Illustrator: Peter Sis
Publisher: Greenwillow Books 1986
Genre: Realistic Fiction **Newberry Award**
Age Range: 3-6
Summary: Prine Horace is a spoiled child and misbehaves just to aggravate his father and receive attention. He is always up to no good and is deserving of whippings. However, as is the royal custom, princes are not to be harmed in any way, which means he will never be truly punished, whipped, beaten, or slapped. Instead, the castle employs a common boy to be the whipping boy. Each time theprince does something wrong, the servants fetch the whipping boy. The son of a rat catcher, Jemmy tolerates the constant whippings without making a sound, which he is determined not to do. When he finds out that the prince really wants him to, he is resolved to keep his silence.
Response: This book was really entertaining. I enjoyed how it used humor and boys, which is pretty much an every day experience for teachers. Boys at younger ages would love reading this book. It has humor, realistic fiction, and many other characteristics that young readers enjoy. I would have this book on my classroom shelf for the children to be able to read on their free time. As crazy as it is I think that some of the children have the same mind and attitude as Horace. They can easily relate to it.
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