New Releases by Hans Christian Andersen

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song. A retelling set in Northwest Africa.

Hans Christian Andersen

by: Hans Christian Andersen, Jean P Hersholt, Kenneth C. Mondschein

A collection of tales including "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "The Fir Tree," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Candles," " "The Nightingale," "The Wild Swans," Soup from a Sausage Skewer," "The Goblin and the woman," and "Thumbelina."

The Little Mermaid (Golden Sight 'n' Sound Book)

by: Sidelines, Hans Christian Andersen, Franc Mateu

Presents a storybook version of the Disney movie featuring an electronic keyboard which plays various sound effects.

The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen (The Annotated Books)

by: Hans Christian Andersen, Maria Tatar, Maria Tatar

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.

The Complete Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen (Wordsworth Classics)

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872. For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. Here are all of Andersen's 168 tales, and among the favourites are 'The Red Shoes', 'The Mermaid', 'The Real Princess', 'The Emperor's New Clothes', The Tinder Box' and of course 'The Ugly Duckling'.

The Wild Swans

by: Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Aquinas Maguire

Eleven brothers who have been turned into swans by their evil stepmother are saved by their beautiful sister.

An Illustrated Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, the Princess and the Pea and Many More Classic Stories

This lavishly illustrated collection of Andersen's best-loved fairy tales includes 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Snow Queen', 'Thumbelina', 'The Princess and the Pea' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.

Best Fairy Tales (Macmillan Collector's Library Book 103)

Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy tales - with an anarchic twist - but many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination. The thirty stories here range from exuberant early works such as 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes' through poignant masterpieces such as 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Little Match Girl' and 'The Ugly Duckling', to more subversive later tales such as 'The Ice Maiden' and 'The Dryad'. Uniquely inventive and vivacious in style and with deep insight into children's points of view, Andersen established a new genre in literature.

This is the classic translation by Jean Hersholt and is illustrated by various artists, with an afterword by Ned Halley.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound hardback gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Hans Christian Andersen Tales (Word Cloud Classics)

Fairy tales are timeless treasures passed from generation to generation, and few are as beloved as those of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. From the princess so sensitive she is discomforted by a single pea beneath a tower of mattresses to the unfortunate-looking duckling who matures into a stunning swan, these are the stories that stay with us long after we leave childhood behind. First published in 1835, Andersen's tales continue to delight the modern audience. Now part of the Word Cloud Classics series, Hans Christian Andersen Tales is a chic and affordable collection of these wonderful stories, complete with classics like ?Thumbelina” and ?The Little Mermaid,” plus some wonderful lesser-known gems to discover anew.

Lexile score: 950L

The Fairy Tales and Stories of Hans Christian Andersen (Knickerbocker Classics)

by: Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Tegner, Jeana Jorgensen