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Available
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Publication
Margaret K. McElderry (1994), Hardcover, 96 pages
Description
Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen. University of Washington Press, 1982, 316 pp., o.p., pap. (0-295-95936-3) Outstanding Quality.
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Awards
CCBC Choices (1994)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (11th Edition: 1993-1995)
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Physical description
96 p.; 10.5 inches
ISBN
0689505841 / 9780689505843
Local notes
A Dane himself, Blegvad writes in an introduction that he grew up hearing Andersen's tales; he translates and illustrates with a great respect for the original. His crisp pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations are plentiful and evocative of Andersen's time.
Contains:
"The emperor's new clothes"
"The fir tree"
"The little match girl
"The pixie at the grocer's"
"The princess on the pea"
"The shepherdess and the chimney sweep"
"The steadfast tin soldier"
"The sweethearts"
"The swineherd"
"The tinderbox"
"Twelve by coach"
"What father does is always right"
Contains:
"The emperor's new clothes"
"The fir tree"
"The little match girl
"The pixie at the grocer's"
"The princess on the pea"
"The shepherdess and the chimney sweep"
"The steadfast tin soldier"
"The sweethearts"
"The swineherd"
"The tinderbox"
"Twelve by coach"
"What father does is always right"