
The strength of a little girl’s love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen’s spell.
The strength of a little girl’s love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen’s spell.
A retelling of Andersen’s classic tale of a brave soldier who finds love and fortune in a magic tinderbox
A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid’s tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.
Eleven fairy tales by the master storyteller are retold in a voice that is fresh and inventive and yet always true to the spirit of Andersen. The jaunty, playful illustrations add to the fun, bringing out with humor and verve all the childlike aspects of the tales.
An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
With the help of a magic tinderbox given to him by a witch, a soldier finds a fortune and pursues a princess imprisoned in a castle, in an edition of a classic tale of dark adventure.
An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.
The hero of this story is a little bird with a very sweet song-so sweet it brings tears to the eyes of the Chinese Emperor and charms Death right back into the graveyard.
Convinced that his work in the field is harder than his wife’s work at home, a farmer trades places with her for the day.