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Author
Publisher
Gallery
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Description
In "The Little Match Girl" a poor young girl tries to sell matches in the street. Walking barefoot having lost her slippers, she shivers from cold and early hypothermia. Too afraid to go home and face her father's wrath at not selling enough matches, the girl takes shelter in an alley. The girl lights the matches to warm herself and sees several lovely visions. First a warm stove, then a sumptuous holiday feast, and then a magnificent Christmas tree....
8) The fir tree
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
A little fir tree realizes too late that it did not appreciate the grand moments of life, such as being a Christmas tree, while they were happening.
11) Breadcrumbs
Author
Language
English
Description
"Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life " -- Provided by publisher
12) Thumbelina
Author
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped by a toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has many adventures and makes many animal friends before meeting the perfect mate just her size.
Author
Publisher
Henry Z. Walck
Pub. Date
1962
Language
English
Description
This beautiful book, originally published in 1913, contains a collection of seventeen classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Stories include, The March King's Daughter, The Snow Queen, The Storks, The Real Princess, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and more.
These classic tales are accompanied by 16 incredible colour illustrations many beautiful and intricate black and white drawings by W. Heath Robinson. An English cartoonist and illustrator,...
15) Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's new clothes: an all-star retelling of the classic fairy tale
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Andersen's classic fairy tale retold from different points of view by twenty-three celebrities and depicted by twenty-three illustrators
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A young emperor, whose advisors have taken advantage of him, enlists the help of honest tailors to reveal their misdeeds in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a robe.
19) Thumbelina
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale about a girl who is only one inch tall.
20) The Ice Virgin
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Hans Christian Andersen was a master of other literary forms besides the fairy story - in particular, the novella for an adult readership. The Ice Virgin (1862) is the most ambitious and searching of all his narratives. Its subject is Switzerland, which Andersen saw as a paradigm of the human condition. The relationship between a gifted young climber-hunter from the remote Bernese Oberland and a prosperous miller's daughter from a comfortable French-speaking...