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I thought this was Oscar Wilde’s story, but this is retold by Elissa Grodin. I assume this is still his story. Oscar wrote this fairy tale for his students and kids. They loved it. He thought this would be a good story for all ages. I agree.

A sparrow finds a beautiful park with a statue of the Happy Prince. The mayor is proud of this beautiful statute. The prince never left the palace when he was alive and he never knew the sadness in the world around him. He is high in the air so he can see his city. He has a good heart so he has the sparrow give his jewels and gold plating away to people who need it.

It’s a story of giving to and seeing the poor and downtrodden. The prince gives away all his worth to help those around him. He is just a statue and he does talk with a bird.

The Mayor is like the greedy world. The prince looks like a messy metal statute, no longer beautiful and when the mayor finds him, he has him taken down, no longer proud of him and replaced. The ending was touching to me. I won’t give that away.

This was a touching story and it gave me all the feels.

Nephew was intrigued by this little bird and statute duo. It’s not really his kind of story, but he was captivated by the Prince. He gave this 3 stars. I think it encouraged him to think a little.