Queen Elizabeth (Volume 87) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 88)

Love series. Have many of these books. Highly recommend

Such a great book for children and adults! Love the illustrations and the book is just terrific for so many ages. My little four-year-old granddaughter loved it and we read it over and over❤️

It’s a beautiful book and we love it!

First, a personal note. As someone owned by a corgi mix, I was delighted to see the prominence given to the adorably cute royal corgis throughout. After all, Queen Elizabeth brought the corgi breed to international attention and at one time owned 30 corgis. Heck, even though the book ends prior to her death, two of her corgis (not to mention one of her horses) made an appearance at the state funeral recently.That said, I'm glad the book not only ended on a happy note but didn't go into the royal shenanigans and issues the Queen faced during her long reign. This is a book for young readers, aimed at simply introducing them to a prominent figure and no need to taint that experience. Bad stuff happens to all of us, so appreciate the focus on her life and accomplishments.As a former teacher, I immediately latched onto the possibilities for discussion of a various things that the book might promote. For instance, is being a queen as fairy tale wonderful as it sounds? What did she have to give up to fill the role of queen? What would you be willing to give up to reach your goals? How is someone prepared for such a role as they grow up? How would you feel knowing your every word, action, appearance, and even wardrobe (right down to the purse she carried) will be analyzed and reported on endlessly? How much freedom and power does a modern queen have anyway? How is it possible there have been more than one Queen Elizabeth in history? On a personal note, to instill interest in history, one might venture into creating family trees. Discovering you have royal bloodlines, however minute, is a way to make history personal and more interesting than a recitation of mere facts. And....so much more.Bottom line, this is a bare bones, upbeat look at the life and times of the late Queen Elizabeth. It's an easy read, part of the #LittlePeopleBigDreams series, although reading with a parent opens many other possibilities, and is delightfully illustrated. And, yes, dog lovers, there are many, many corgis that pop up on just about every page. Fun book and shows how childhood dreams can alter. A timeline and real life photos are included at the end.Thanks #NetGalley and #QuartoPublishingGroup - #FrancesLincolnChildren'sBooks for allowing me this lovely peek into the late Queen Elizabeth's life.

I have a handful of books in the Little People, Big Dreams series. The books are quite inspiring, generally the theme is that you work hard, you can overcome a humble upbringing and obstacles to be great in your field.This book diverges a little from that format because Queen Elizabeth II was born into a famous family and honestly didn’t want the throne - she would have preferred a quiet life on a farm while her uncle’s family ruled. But with his abdication at age of 10, all of that changed for Elizabeth.This book does not have detailed information about what her duties, her trials and tribulations, or many of the things that were important to her. What the book does show is how she put her personal desires aside to do what is best for her nation, and that the most important thing is to serve others. We don’t always get to pick where our life takes us, but we need to make the best of it and do our best. Although this is not the standard message of this series, but it still fits in and works, as it teaches a good lesson.I’m not sure of the timing of this book - why they didn’t wait until she had passed and include that in the timeline, since it was released the same month as her death and obviously it wouldn’t be a long time. However, that isn’t enough to deduct from the content of this book.The artwork as always with this series is very cartoonish, with disproportionate body sizes, but it’s cute and does not detract from the book.This book would make an excellent gift for any children with family in the UK, or any kids who are interested in history. The cover and inner art and bindings are impeccable and beautifully done as always with this series.

We love these books and have at least 30 for our son. I love the diversity in the subjects—usually a variety of people of different genders, races, ethnicities, dedicated to politics, social change, literature, music, art, science, etc. I, myself as an adult woman have learned a lot about notable historical figures that I had never heard of. Queen Elizabeth is not one of them. Lol.I love the royal family and The Crown and all of that, but even I thought Queen Elizabeth was an odd choice for this series. Tough to present a woman born into royalty and her position of privilege as someone who overcame a lot. (Especially compared to other subjects.) I guess she didn’t plan on being Queen when she was a child but there are worse things in the world. The focus is on how devoted she was to her duty as queen (which seems accurate.) It is a fine book with a quick basic primer on the life of Elizabeth II. It’s great like the other books, but the protagonist is kind of low stakes, comparatively. Still, it’s a fine book No complaints. I like that it is entertaining and accessible for my son.