The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
by Hans Christian Andersen
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Eight beloved tales from the great Danish storyteller: "The Ugly Duckling," "The Red Shoes," "Thumbelina," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Little Match Girl," "The Princess on the Pea" and "The Nightingale." Newly reset in large easy-to-read type.Tags
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This book contains some of Hans Christian Anderson's classic folk stories. Some of the stories are a little long-winded, and some this edition does not have enough pictures to keep a younger child's interest. This book is better for reading aloud if you just want to tell a story without visuals. The pictures do not have colors and are not very engaging. Although photocopies could be made for students to color. The stories do have great morals for students to ponder.
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Hans Christian Andersen, one of the best known figures in literature, is best know for combining traditional folk tales with his own great imagination to produce fairy tales known to most children today. The Danish writer was born in the slums of Odense. Although he was raised in poverty, he eventually attended Copenhagen University. Although show more Andersen wrote poems, plays and books, he is best known for his Fairy Tales and Other Stories, written between 1835 and 1872. This work includes such famous tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, Little Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, Little Claus and Big Claus, Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Story of a Mother and The Swineherd. Andersen's greatest work is still influential today, helping mold some of the works of writers ranging from Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde and inspiring many of the works of Disney and other motion pictures. Andersen, who traveled greatly during his life, died in his home in Rolighed on August 4, 1875. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Eight stories: "The Ugly Duckling," "The Red Shoes," "Thumbelina," "The Emperor’s New Clothes," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Little Match Girl," "The Princess on the Pea" and "The Nightingale."
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- Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
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- 398.2 — Society, Government, and Culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature
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- PZ8 .A542 .U — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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