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From a humble childhood, the writer Hans Christian Andersen became one of the world's best loved story tellers. Here is one of his earlier stories 'The Tinder Box' that was first published in 1835. Hans Christian Andersen 1805 1875 The Tinder Box... A soldier came marching along... Read Full Overview

'There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels'

The reteller sets this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a soldier whose life is forever changed by the chance discovery of a tinderbox in the post-Civil War American South. The artist is a previous winner of the American Book Award for illustration.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Most English (as well as German and French) sources use the name "Hans Christian Andersen", but in Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia he is usually referred to as merely "H. C... Read Full Overview

This is the classic tale of a young soldier who retrieves a tinder box for an old witch he meets along the road and then the magical adventure begins. Original tale by Hans Christian Anderson adopted by Andrew Lang for his Yellow Fairy Book and illustrated by H.J. Ford. Recommended... Read Full Overview