The Fir Tree
A grumpy impatient young fir tree, a Christmas tree in all its glory, and an ugly old fir-tree with only one story. A sad, sad tale of the life of a fir tree. The young fir […]
Thumbelina
A girl who grew in a tulip, an epic adventure of good and evil, and a flower fairy finale. This is Hans Christian Andersen‘s classic fairy tale ‘Thumbelina’. The story of a tiny girl who sleeps […]
The Tinder-box by Hans Christian Andersen
A bold soldier, a magic tinder-box and a dog with eyes as big as teacups This story tells the tale of a soldier who meets an ugly witch who asks for his help to retrieve her […]
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
Written by the Danish Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling was published for the first time in 1843 and has been printed in fairy tale collections ever since. The book can be seen as a metaphor […]
The Little Match Girl – by Hans Christian Andersen
The sad tale of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1845. It tells the story of a young girl enduring the ever worsening weather and freezing cold as she tries […]
The Flying Trunk – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
This week we have the perfect tale for reading on Fireworks Night – The Flying Trunk is a famous story that might just teach you not to play or show-off with fireworks. The story was written by […]
The Steadfast Tin Soldier Story- A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
The Steadfast Tin Soldier story was first published in October of 1838, in Andersen’s Fairy Tales Told to Children: New Collection, First Booklet. It appeared alongside stories ‘The Daisy’ and ‘The Wild Swans’, but went on […]
