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Presents a re-telling of the well-known fairy tale of a young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess Subjects: Princesses - Fiction , Fractured Fairy Tale , Word Choice , Voice , Juvenile fiction , Princess and the pea (variant) , Fiction , Fairy tales.

In this beloved tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a lonely outcast is transformed into a beautiful swan and rewarded for his patience and endurance.

Presents the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen about a one-legged tin soldier who is accidentally launched on a dangerous voyage and finds his way back to his true love--the paper dancing girl.

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb is stolen by a great, ugly toad, and subsequently has many adventures and makes many animal friends before finding the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land.

"In China , you know, the Emperor is Chinese, and all his subjects are Chinese too.

Presents a collection of thirty classic fairy tales by nineteenth-century cobbler and children's author Hans Christian Anderson and includes such works as "The Ugly Duckling," "The Tinderbox," "The Snow Queen," and more.

Presents illustrated retellings of thirteen fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Little Mermaid, " "The Ugly Duckling, " and "The Snow Queen.

A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.

When two swindlers cleverly announce that the "magical" garments they are weaving for the Emperor are invisible to anyone lacking intelligence, who has the courage to speak the truth? Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale is at once a hilariously entertaining story and an insightful commentary on human nature.

Contains forty classic stories by nineteenth-century Danish children's writer, Hans Christian Andersen including such favorites as "The Princess and the Pea," "The Snow Queen," "The Emperor's New Clothes," and many more.

Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference for a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.

"The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father, the sea king; her grandmother and her five elder sisters.

In this newly illustrated edition of the Andersen classic, eleven brothers who have been turned into swans by their evil stepmother are saved by their beautiful sister.