Hans Christian Andersen: Best-Loved Fairy Tales

By Hans Christian Andersen, Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. Readers the world over know his poignant tale of "The Little Mermaid," who sacrifices everything for love, and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," whose affection for a paper ballerina is symbolized by his transformation into a small tin heart. Several of Andersen's stories are so well-known--among them "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling"--that their titles alone have become meaningful figures of speech.   Hans Christian Andersen: Best-Loved Fairy Tales collects one hundred of Andersen's incomparable fairy tales and stories, among them "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Red Shoes," "The Wild Swans," and his fantasy masterpiece "The Snow-Queen." This volume is beautifully illustrated with more than  one hundred drawings by Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner, two of Andersen's best-known illustrators.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fall River Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781435153875

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet best remembered for his fairy tales, both original and retold, including the beloved classics "Thumbelina," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Fir Tree," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Red Shoes," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Snow Queen." 

Reviews for Hans Christian Andersen

[mfurth1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

 I love fairy tales, especially Hans Christian Anderson. My favorites are The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl, Thumbelina, and The Steadfast Tin Solder. What I loved about this book is that it has the original writings in it, not the Disneyfied versions. I love reading the originals because they tell the true tales: Don't give up your life just for a man (Little Mermaid), Be kind to the homeless (Match Girl), and so on. What I really liked about this book is that it has small illustrations. Wat illustrations it has, as there are not many, are very intricate and tell only bits of the story. I especially liked how the stories are continuous. There are no page breaks between stories, they just flow right into each other. I also really liked that there is a table of contents so it is easy to find your favorite story. The themes of each story are different, but the main theme of the book is Hans Christian Andersons writing.