Theme: Adventure

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

One of Hans Christian Andersen’s most romantic tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier tells the story of a one-legged tin soldier who suffers a terrible fate all for the love of a beautiful paper dancer. Cursed by a jealous goblin, the toy solider is sent flying out the window to the street below, where a perilous [...]

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The Steadfast Tin Soldier

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

After a series of adventures, a one-legged tin soldier returns home to his beloved ballerina in this story based on the Hans Christian Andersen’s original. The perilous adventures of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminate in tragedy for both of them.

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The Ladder

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

A ladder, long forgotten on a lonely lane, sets out to see the world, but finds that people and animals keep using it to climb into the sky and disappear.

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East O’ the Sun and West O’ the Moon

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Norway, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Snow Dog’s Journey

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Anna builds a dog of snow, which the Frost King admires and takes away with him, but when Anna’s love and faith eventually reunite her with Snow Dog, they each get their fondest wish.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Scandinavia » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

This book retells the perilous adventures of a one-legged toy soldier in love with a paper-doll ballet dancer.

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Thumbelina

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

After being kidnapped by an ugly toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has a series of dreadful experiences before meeting a fairy prince just her size.

Descriptors: Denmark, Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Thumbelina

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

After being kidnapped by a toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has a series of dreadful experiences and makes many animal friends before meeting fairy prince just her size.

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Nicolas, Where Have You Been?

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

When the young mouse Nicolas sets out across the great meadow alone in search of ripe red berries, he is grabbed up by the claws of a huge bird and carried high into the sky. But that is only the beginning of Nicolas’s adventure. How he gets the berries he was hoping to find, and [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Italy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Brave Charlotte and the Wolves

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Charlotte the sheep proves her courage once again when the rest of her flock, including Wolfi and his gang of pretend wolves, trembles in fear at the sound of howling in the forest.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment