Children's Classics Books
Book #1
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Written by Hans Christian Andersen & illustrated by Maxwell Armfield
9 - 12
Reading
age
352
Page
count
369,691
Word
count
Jan 1, 1835
Publication
date
Hardcover
$6.99
$6.50
Summary
Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales are like exquisite jewels, drawing from us gasps of recognition and delight. Andersen created intriguing and unique characters – a tin soldier with only one leg but a big heart, a beetle nestled deep in a horse’s mane but harboring high aspirations. Each one of us at some time, has been touched by one of Andersen’s Fairy Tales. Here you’ll find his classic tales such as: “The Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, “and “The Ugly Duckling,” 38 of your favorite tales in all. This deluxe Children’s Classic edition is produced with high-quality, leatherlike binding with gold stamping, full-color covers, colored endpapers with a book nameplate. Some of the other titles in this series include: Anne of Green Gables, Black Beauty, Heidi, King Arthur and His Knights and The Secret Garden.
The Creatives Behind the Book
Author
Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805 in Odense, Denmark. Andersen became famous for his collection of 156 fairy tales: his were the most important art fairy tales of the Biedermeier period. He died in 1875 in Copenhagen.
Illustrator
