Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
An iconic collection of Christmas fairy tales from the Danish master of storytelling Hans Christian Andersen including some of his best work: The Old House, The Drop of Water, The Happy Family, The Story of a Mother, The False Collar, The Shadow, The Old Street-lamp, The Dream of Little Tuk, The Naughty Boy, The Two Neighbouring Families, The Darning-Needle, The Little Match Girl, The Red Shoes.
2) The Bell
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Bell" a mysterious distant bell is heard by the inhabitants of a village. Knowing that it is not coming from the village the inhabitants search the forest, but are unable to find the source. A prince and a poor child eventually come to discover the source of the bell is mysterious, old and from nature itself. A parable about the transience of earthly things.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Story of a Mother" A mother is watching over her sick child, when having briefly closed her eyes, Death comes and takes the child. The mother rushes outside to pursue Death and encounters various spirits who offer conditional advice, including a thorn bush, who takes her heart's blood and a lake which takes her eyes in exchange for passage across it. Finally finding her child in Death's greenhouse, he offers her a terrible choice. First published...
4) The Fir Tree
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Fir-Tree" a little tree who is anxious to grow up, fails to appreciate that which happens to him in the moment. After experiencing burning humiliation at being small and insignificant, he is chopped down and decorated for a family's Christmas decorations. Expecting this to be the beginning of a great career, the fir tree is bitterly disappointed when he is discarded after a day and eventually cut into pieces and burned. First published in...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Elderbush", a boy arrives home with a cold. His mother whisks him off to bed and prepares some elderflower tea to warm him up. A kindly older neighbor stops by to visit the boy, who asks for a fairy tale. The old man struggles to think of one, but becomes inspired by the aroma of the elderflower tea. A story about how real life can provide subjects for some of the most wonderful fairy tales.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sometimes we weary of houseguests. The goblin in this short story from classic author Hans Christian Andersen can't quite decide whether he wanted to stay with the student who loved poetry or the huckster who had porridge. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience...
8) The Flax
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Happy Family", a pair of snails lives inside a burdock forest near an old manor house. They remember the old days when their kinfolk were served on platters in the old house and suspect the house has since been abandoned. They adopt a snail and arrange a marriage for their him. The marriage, arranged and abetted by the ants and gnats, is a success and a new generation prospers among the burdocks.
10) The Teapot
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the well-known tale of a proud teapot who learned an important lesson about humility and service. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published...
11) The Old House
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Old House" a boy is invited to meet the old man across the street. Offering a gift of a toy soldier, the boy spends some time with the old man exploring the decaying old house and its treasures with walls of leather. The tin soldier, unhappy with his new surroundings, flings himself through a hole in the floor and disappears. After the old man dies and the old house is torn down, and a new one is built. The boy grows up and eventually moves...
12) The Storks
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
14) The Naughty Boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In "The Naughty Boy" and old poet welcomes a wet and shivering boy into his home to warm up. It transpires that the boy has an ulterior motive. One involving a bow and arrow. This short tale by Hans Christian Andersen is a meditation on the naughtiness and ubiquity of Cupid.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hans Christian Andersen shares a memorable tale that mirrors what we may all feel as any career comes to an end. A street lamp has been faithful in his duties for decades, yet the time had arrived that he would be relieved of duty. What did the future hold for the lamp? The wind, moon, and rain each gave gifts and there was a line featuring those who wanted to take the lamps place.Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125...
16) The Snow Queen
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This classic story by Hans Christian Andersen follows two young children, Kai and Gerda, who are best friends and neighbors. When a troll's mirror that reflects the ugliness in all things shatters, Kai gets flecks of the glass in his eyes and heart, which hardens him. He leaves his friend Gerda and his family, and goes off with the Snow Queen, whose two kisses make Kai forget about Gerda and numbs him to the cold. Gerda searches for Kai, but when...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
18) The Snow Man
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
20) The Metal Pig
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.