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Fairy Tales (1994)

by Hans Christian Andersen(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0140624279 (ISBN13: 9780140624274)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Penguin

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 is a bit hard to get into the rythm of the wording at first, but after stumbling through a few paragraphs, it becomes much easier to handle.Unlike The Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Andersen wrote all his own stories. However, these, like Grimm, were intended for adult audiences, not children. Andersen is better known for tales like Thumbelina, The Emperor's New Suit, The Snow Queen, and The Little Mermaid, to name a few. Don't expect happily ever after, a lot of these tales are sad. W... morehile others are happy, sad, like the character dies but goes to heaven to be reunited with love ones, type thing.Though few of these tales are Fairy Tales in the modern definition, they are an enjoyable read. A lot of tales teach morals, have Christian connections, some are just fun and others can run a little on the serious side. Bare in mind, if you are familiar with Disney's The Little Mermaid, the original is similar in some ways but very different from the child friendlier version.Unlike Grimm, these tales are children friendly. Though some tales would be better for older children than younger.
review 2: penguin readers level2time=11/6 95minutesseven word summary=ugly-swan-sing-beautiful-clothes-thumbIf your tall is thumb size, what are you going to do?l want to sit on flowers!! I also want to ride on back of birds and fly away!!I like tales of Andersen and I read a lot when I was a child. The emperor's new clothes was really interesting!! People are afraid too much of what others would think. The end of the story was good!! less

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