H. C. Andersen
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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,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Originally published in 1924, this collection The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen is illustrated with the magnificent Art Nouveau color illustrations of Kay Nielsen. It was a project that took Nielsen twelve years to complete, and his illustrations perfectly capture the other-worldly spirit of Andersen's subject matter. It includes such well-known and loved tales as "The Snow Queen," "The Real Princess," "The Hardy Tin Soldier" and "The Nightingale."...
6) Fairy tales
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a collection of Andersen's fairy tales.
Author
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fine leather ball snobbishly refuses to marry a plain wooden top; but years later, after Ball has fallen on hard times and Top has a shiny new coat, she is eager for his friendship.
10) The red shoes
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Alphabet Press
Pub. Date
c1983]
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Karen's great pride, her red shoes, doom her to dance forever, until a drastic action and much repentance and suffering bring her the forgiveness she has craved.
Author
Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A beautifully illustrated new translation of a beloved Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Six young sisters live in the depths of the ocean, longing for the chance to see the beauty of the earth. Most eager of all is the youngest mermaid, who counts the days to her fifteenth birthday when her grandmother will finally allow her to rise to the surface. Her first sight above the water is a large ship on which a beautiful prince is celebrating his sixteenth...
12) The swineherd
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A prince disguises himself as a swineherd and learns the true character of the princess he desires. After the author of this story finishes relating it, his animal audience presents an alternative ending.
13) Thumbeline
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb and her many animal friends.
16) The tinderbox
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
©1988
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
With the help of a magic tinderbox, a soldier finds a fortune and pursues a princess imprisoned in a castle.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mother duck hatches a brood of ducklings. All are sweet little yellow babies-all but one, who is very large, very gray, and very ugly. The poor ugly duckling is teased and tormented by everyone he meets, even his own mother, brothers, and sisters. Driven from his home in the barnyard, the unhappy duckling wanders the world alone, suffering hardships, cruelty, and ridicule wherever he goes. This exquisite tale of rejection and redemption has been...
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
162 p., [2] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of tales including "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid, " "The Little Match girl, " "Thumbelina, " "The Elfin Hill, " "Little Ida's Flower, " "The Ugly Duckling, " "The Wild Swans, " and "The Emperor's New Clothes."
