The Christmas Stick - a review

One Christmas Eve in a faraway kingdom...

The Royal family are opening their Christmas presents. The young prince has received all sorts of wonderful gifts but nothing satisfies the spoiled child. Then his grandmother limps into the room and hands him a long, slender box. He unwraps the gift and finds a stick. He is not impressed but before he could utter a word, his grandmother, after wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, leaves the room.

It doesn't take long for the prince to grow bored with his expensive presents but it isn't until his cousin comes to visit and begins to play with the stick that he recognises its value and his imagination is kindled. 

And as his imagination is warmed he becomes aware of the needs of others.

This is a very simple well-illustrated story which would suit children around the ages of five to seven years.
I gave it to Moozle, who is nine, to read and she wrote this 'review.'

"If I got a stick like the one in the story, I'd do the same thing with it that the prince did. He made it into a broad sword, a lance, a flag, a lute, a shepherds's crook, an oar, a club, a bow, a trumpet, and a SNAKE!
He thrashed rugs with it. 
I think the age group that would like it would be about 3-7."

I received a free copy of The Christmas Stick by Tim J. Myers; illustrated by Necdet Yilmaz from Paraclete Press for the purpose of this review.