In this volume you will find 20 illustrated childrens stories by the master story-teller Hans Christian Andresen. The Hans Andersen Fairy Tales will be read in schools and homes as long as there are children who love to read. As a story-teller for children the Hans Andersen has no rival in the power to enlist the imagination of children and carry it along natural, healthful lines. The 21 full page illustrations and 20 illustrated story heads by Edna F. Hart give added depth and meaning to the stories.In this volume you will find familiar Andersen stories like:The Ugly DucklingThe Steadfast Tin SoldierLittle ThumbelinaThe Little Match GirlThe Snow QueenYou will also find another 15 less familiar but enchanting stories like:The Fir TreeLittle TukLittle Idas FlowersSunshine StoriesThe Darning-NeedleThe Loving PairThe Leaping MatchThe Happy FamilyThe GreeniesOle-Luk-Oie, The Dream GodThe Money BoxElder-Tree MotherThe Roses And The SparrowsThe Old HouseThe Conceited Apple BranchThe power of his tales to charm and elevate runs like a living thread through whatever he writes. In the two books, the first of which is presented here, they have met the tests and held an undiminishing popularity among the best childrens books. They have set the standard, and their place in permanent literature will grow wider and more secure as time passes. Only a few childrens authors will be ranked among the Immortals, and Hans Andersen is without a doubt one of them.NOTE Denmark and Finland supplied the natural background for the quaint fancies and growing genius of their gifted son, who was story-teller, playwright, and poet wrapped into one. Love of nature, love of country, fellow-feeling with life in everything, and a wonderful gift for investing everything with life wrought together to produce in him a character whose spell is in all his writings. Recognized in courts of kings and castles of nobles, he recited his little stories with the same simplicity by which he had made them familiar in cottages of the peasantry, and endeared himself alike to all who listened. These attributes, while they do not account for his genius, help us to unravel the charm of it. The simplest of the stories meet Ruskins requirement for a childs storythey are sweet and sad.===============TAGS: Hans Andersen Fairy Tales, folklore, myths, legends, childrens stories, bedtime, fables, read, school children, homes, love to read, story-teller, imagination, ugly duckling, steadfast tin soldier, little, Thumbelina, match girl, snow queen, fir tree, tuk, idas flowers, sunshine stories, darning-needle, loving pair, leaping match, happy family, greenies, ole-luk-oie, dream god, money box, elder-tree, mother, roses, sparrows, old house, conceited, apple branch, charm, undiminishing popularity, childrens books, set the standard, childrens author, Denmark, Finland, playwright, poet, cottages, peasantry, listen, sweet, sad
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