"Fearful of returning home to a violent father without having sold enough matches for the day, the Little Match Girl remains on the street resigned to warming herself by lighting matches. With each match, she sees a vision--a warm stove, a table laden with hot food, a beautiful Christmas tree decorated with lights leading up to the sky, so high that one becomes a shooting star. According to her grandmother, each shooting star is a person ..."
"Hans Christian Andersen made the literary fairy tale so much his own that even today no writer has surpassed him. This collection, with sparkling new renderings of the tales by Neil Philip, includes stories such as Thumbelina, Little Ida's Flowers, The Snow Queen, In a Thousand Year's Time, The Nightingale and The Wild Swans, all beautifully illustrated by Isabelle Brent. Some lesser-known tales such as The Shepherdess and the Chimney S ..."
"Paperback. Pub Date :2008-10-25 Pages: 48 Language: English Publisher: Pearson When a fisherman opens an old jar. a giant comes out When a donkey opens its mouth. gold falls out There is magic in these five fairy.. tales. Good people are often very unhappy but in the end they have happy lives."
"Gerda and Kai are best friends, until one day Kai is snatched away by the Snow Queen and taken to her icy palace. Gerda sets out across the frozen wastes to find her friend and free him from the grasp of the wicked Queen. An outstanding adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's enchanting classic story of loyalty by the popular British playwright Adrian Mitchell."
"You are talking too much,' said the tinder box ; and the steel struck against
the flint till some sparks flew out, crying, * We want a merry evening, ..."
"Tells the stories of a young mermaid, three magical dogs, a Christmas tree, a brave tin soldier, a flying trunk, dancing flowers, a young boy's dreams, enchanted swans, and a vain ruler."