Books by Hans Christian Andersen
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review 1: This edition, translated by Lucas and Paull and illustrated by Szyk is for me the quintessential experience of Andersen's Tales. Some reviewers seem to be commenting on other editions and these vary considerably conveying more or less magical, compelling effect depending (of cou...
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review 1: Penguin Level2110 minutesduck/swan/mermaid/prince/emperor/clothes/girlQ.If you become small like thumbelina, what do you want to do?A.If I become samll, I want to explore many places that I have never gone. For example an ant's nest.There are many tales in this book. There are st...
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review 1: 1. Tales from Hans Andersen Level:22. I spent 80 minutes on this book.3. Tales Duckling Nightingale Mermaid Emperor's-Clothes Thumbelina Happy4. In the Emperor's New Clothes, two bad men were bad and they liked money but they didn't want to work for it. So they lied that they ma...
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review 1: I have always been a fan of the original versions of fairy tales, so I picked this book up a few years ago, just to read for myself. A few weeks ago my six year old found it hidden among my millions of other books, and asked me to read it to her. While easy to read silently, it i...
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review 1: Finalna lista pročitanih bajki:1. Snežna kraljica2. Princeza na zrnu graška3. Carevo novo odelo4. Palčica5. Kresivo6. Postojani olovni vojnik---7. Mali Klaus i veliki Klaus8. Cveće male Ide9. Saputnik10. Mala sirena11. Leteći kovčeg12. Ružno pače13. Jelka14. Crvene cipelice15. De...
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review 1: Very interesting. Lots of biographical information. Notes on the stories origins--which ones were his interpretations of earlier folk tales and which were original. Interesting to plot events of his life in context to the stories he was writing. Also very, very interesting to not...
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review 1: Really a fantastic collection of stories overall. I love a good fairytale, even it it doesn't end happily ever after, which many of these do not. A few of them were less interesting to me, hence the 4 stars, but overall I really enjoyed picking up this book now and then and readi...
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review 1: The Ugly Duckling is an American classic that has been formatted in several different ways. The concept of the story is a young duck has been misplaced and doesnt look like the others,while he has been bullied and tormented,little did anyone know he would transform in a beautiful...
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review 1: I'm a huge fan of fairytales of every kind, and I loved reading the Grimm brothers take on these fairytales. I think they did a great job on Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella. I thought they were all very well written, but they included more disturbing factors than I thou...