"May I Bring a Friend" by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

APA CITATION:

Schenk De Regniers, B. (1964). May i bring a friend?.
        N.Y., N.Y: Atheneum, Macmillan.

 Summary:

        The story is about a boy that gets invited to have dinner with the King and Queen of his city.  He asks if he can bring a friend.  The King and Queen approve. The boy takes a giraffe to dinner. This amuses the royal couple and they continue to invite him to join them for dinner. Each visit he takes a new animal with him.  Finally, the boy invites the King and Queen to join him and his friends to dinner.  The all enjoy tea at the city zoo.

Illustrations: 


     The book is well -illustrated because the drawing reinforce the text.  The King and Queen have a shocked expression when they see the animals join them for dinner.  The colors are also rich with a lot of gold tones to emphasize royalty.  Plus, the artwork are colored sketches which allows the reader to travel back in time to the era of kings and queens.