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4) Thumbelina
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Language
English
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A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale about a girl who is only one inch tall.
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Language
English
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Description
"Far from here, in the land the swallows flee to in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa."
So begins the story of Elisa and her brothers. At the beginning, everything was well, they lived peacefully in the castle and were loved and indulged by their father, the king. But, one day the king decided to remarry and their stepmother did not want them. None of them. Elisa was sent to the country and the eleven boys were turned...
Author
Pub. Date
1982
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.
9) The fir tree
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Language
English
Description
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.
10) The red shoes
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Language
English
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There was once a poor little girl called Karen. In summer, she walked barefoot and in winter, she wore clogs that hurt her feet. She had no choice, it was all she had. Dame Shoemaker wanted to help her and sewed, as best she could, a pair of red shoes. When she wore them for the first time, Karen's life took an unexpected turn.
11) The tinder-box
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (4 pages)
Language
English
Description
A soldier returning from war meets a wicked witch on his path. She promises him great riches if he will dive to the bottom of a hollow tree for her. In this tree, there are three chambers, each with a chest full of silver. All that the witch wants in return is for him to retrieve her old lighter as well...
12) The ice maiden
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
[199-?]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Rudy lived close to the little town of Grindelwald in Switzerland. He lived with his uncle as his parents were both dead. Indeed, Rudy himself had almost died at the same time as his mother: while crossing a glacier, she had fallen into a crevasse while carrying Rudy, who was still a baby. When help arrived, it was too late to save the mother, but, to everyone's great joy, the baby was rescued. Or almost everyone... The only one who did not rejoice...
13) The Angel
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
[199-?]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
When a child dies, an angel comes to find them and bring them to heaven and they take with them some flowers so that they can bloom again above. But, this time, when the angel came, he stayed on earth longer than usual and, in this story, Hans Christian Andersen tells us why.
14) The Snow Queen
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English
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After the Snow Queen abducts her friend Kai, Gerda sets out on a perilous journey to find him.
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English
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Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
