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1) Fairy tales
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
New translation of thirty Hans Christian Andersen tales including early stories through poignant masterpieces to later tales for adults.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Presents nine of Andersen's well-known tales: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, The Little Match Girl, The Nightingale, and The Little Mermaid.
Author
Publisher
Listening Library/Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
6) The fir tree
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A little fir tree realizes too late that it did not appreciate the grand moments of life, such as being a Christmas tree, while they were happening.
Author
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"As the child of peasants, Karen grew up with a pair of simple red shoes. Then, when her parents died, Karen was adopted by a rich old woman who gave Karen a new pair of red shoes that would make princesses green with envy. This newfound wealth causes Karen to forget her humble origins and grow up to become a cruel and vain adult. Then, one day, the red shoes that sparked her greed come to life and steer Karen down a path she never would have imagined...
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