New Releases by Hans Christian Andersen

Celebrates the stories told by Denmark''s perfect wizard and re-envisions Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. It will captivate readers with annotations that exlore the rich social and cultural dimensions of the 19th century.

A richly entertaining and informative collection of Hans Christian Andersen''s stories, annotated by one of America''s leading folklore scholars. In her most ambitious annotated work to date, Maria Tatar celebrates the stories told by Denmark''s "perfect wizard" and re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. Andersen''s most beloved tales, such as "The Emperor''s New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Little Mermaid," are now joined by "The Shadow" and "Story of a Mother," mature stories that reveal his literary range and depth. Tatar captures the tales'' unrivaled dramatic and visual power, showing exactly how Andersen became one of the world''s ten most translated authors, along with Shakespeare, Dickens, and Marx. Lushly illustrated with more than one hundred fifty rare images, many in full color, by artists such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen will captivate readers with annotations that explore the rich social and cultural dimensions of the nineteenth century and construct a compelling portrait of a writer whose stories still fascinate us today.

Despite being neglected by the emperor, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.

DIVA modern, accessible, and accurate translation of Andersen’s beloved stories which effectively captures Andersen’s conversational and ironic tone and lends itself to use in the classroom./div

After being stolen by an ugly toad to be her son''s bride, Thumbelina, a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb, escapes with the help of animal friends and after many adventures finds the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land.

A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl''s desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.

Includes: The Tinder-Box; The Princess and the Pea; Thumbelina; The Little Mermaid; The Emperor''s New Clothes; The Steadfast Soldier; The Ugly Duckling; The Snow Queen; The Little Match-Girl

The life of a little fir tree who, when discarded, recalls with nostalgia its two glorious moments--being a beautiful fir and being a brightly-lit Christmas tree.

After the Snow Queen kidnaps her friend Kai, Gerda embarks on a perilous and magical journey to search for him.

After being accidentally launched on a dangerous and terrible voyage, a one-legged soldier finds his way back to his true love--a paper dancing girl.

Everybody knows the Andersen’s Fairy Tales and before bedtime, we all hear his tales. In this book, you will find the The Little Match Girl, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Happy Family, Swineherd and The Fir Tree. With these boks, you will travel to the the world of magic, fun and wisdom.

Fairy Tales Told for Kids. First Collection. (Danish: Eventyr, fortalt for Børn. Første Samling.) is a set of 9 fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales had been published in a number of 3 installments by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark between May April and 1835 1837, as well as represent Andersen''s very first venture into the fairy tale genre. Here is the complete text of the novel with the followings annotations: *Biographical Information: Early work: Hans Christian Andersen came into this world in Odense, Denmark on two April 1805. He''d a stepsister called Karen. the father of his, also named Hans, deemed himself associated with nobility (the paternal grandmother of his had told his father that the family of theirs had belonged to a greater interpersonal class, but investigations have disproved these stories). Although it''s been challenged, a chronic speculation implies that Andersen was an illegitimate son of King Christian VIII. Danish historian Jens Jørgensen supported the notion in his book H.C. Andersen, en sand myte [a true myth.