Thumbelina: A Classic Collection of Andersen's Fairy Tales

Author: Hans Christian Andersen
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Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This picture book series is in full-color, large 16K format, consisting of 13 volumes such as The Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, The Flying Ship, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Little Match Girl, The Picture-Book without Pictures, The Little Mermaid, The Princess on the Pea, The Little Mermaid, Little Ida's Flowers, and The Nightingale. These were specially created by 16 top illustrators from around the world to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth. They include Erik A. Brage, Pia C. Kr?yer, and Ken Kuroi from Denmark, as well as other renowned artists. Unlike Andersen's original text, the "Hans Christian Andersen Picture Book Collection" series spreads his works in a new way, passing on the profound humanistic essence of his fairy tales to future generations. These illustrations are more abstract than his words, some making you laugh, others bringing tears to your eyes. It can be said that each collection is suitable for reading from childhood to adulthood and remains fresh with every re-reading.
Hug your child close, open the exquisite Hans Christian Andersen picture books, and with your gentle voice, "light a match," let us walk in the footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen in 2005 and together weave the dream of his fairy tales. This fairy tale was published in "Stories Told to Children" in Copenhagen in 1835. It is both a fairy tale and a poem, for its plot is beautiful and moving, yet deeply poetic. Though the Little Match Girl is tiny and lives in harsh conditions, she possesses lofty and noble ideals: she yearns for light and freedom. Moreover, she has a very kind heart. The field mouse and mole live quite comfortably, never lacking for food or resources, and are content with their lives in the dark burrows. But the Little Match Girl despises living in such vulgar, selfish, and sunless mud. Even under extremely difficult circumstances, she tries to care for others. She does everything in her power to save a nearly dying swallow. In the end, she finally flies with the swallow to a free and beautiful land, where she lives a happy life.