Seven Tales by H.C. Andersen
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Includes: The Fir Tree, The Princess and the Pea, Happy Family, The Ugly Duckling, The Darning Needle, It’s Absolutely True!, and The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
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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.
Maurice Sendak was born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983, Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution of arts in America. He illustrated over 80 books. He died May 8, 2012.
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- ISBN
- 9780060237905
- Publication Date
- September 1, 1990
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 6 - 10 years
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