The Classic Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen

by Jenny Koralek, Hans Christian Andersen, Robin Lawrie, et al.

Book Overview

Award-winning English illustrator Birmingham brings eight time-honored fairy tales to life with dazzling, full-color artwork. 14 illustrations, some in color. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076241393X
• ISBN13: 9780762413935
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Running Press Kids
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 13.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

The Classic Treasury of Hans Christian Anderson

This book is a classic and hard to find. I gave it to a friend who loves to read to her grandkids. I think we need to go retro in some of our reading. Lois

Andersen memories

The glorious adventures found in Andersen's book gave my imagination a scaffold to climb. I still remember, at four, sitting near my mother on the sofa, looking at the full-color pictures, as she read about Thumbelina, the Tinder Box, and the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Does it get any better than that?

A BEAUTIFUL TREASURY OF MAGICAL STORIES!

I have grown up loving fairy tales, and I collect books of fairy tales. I happened to be at [the store] one day, sometime before Christmas, and I noticed Christian Birmingham's book of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol". I looked at it for a while, surprised that I haven't seen any of this illustrator's previous work. I continued to look around and I found "The Classic Treasury Of Hans Christian Andersen". I looked at it, and was amazed at how magical and beautiful the illustrations were. All of the illustrations in this book capture the timeless fairy tales of Andersen perfectly. I was once again reunited with some of the stories I grew up loving like "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Match Girl", among others.The luminous illustrations complement the black and white drawings so that it's just the right amount of artwork to capture pivotal scenes from the stories without overdoing it. I love the color illustrations of Thumblina flying through the air with her bird friend, the black and white drawing of the Little Mermaid saving the prince from drowning, the color illustration of the nightingale signing on the branch of blossoms as the captivated people watch it, and the black and white drawing of the Little Match Girl being taken to Heaven by her Grandmother. These are truly beautiful stories brought to life by an outstanding illustrator. Although you would expect all fairy tales to have perfectly happy endings, many of Andersen's do not. It is up to the reader to decide if the endings are happy or not. I would say they are bittersweet, but beautiful just the same. Anyone who is looking for an excellent book of these stories, or just for a good picture book, I HIGHLY recommend this!!!