H. C. Andersen

The Andersen fairy tale of the tiny girl, kidnapped by an evil toad, and her adventures with the animals in the forest and her efforts to save the little people.

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song. A retelling set in Northwest Africa.

Because of his ugly and awkward appearance, a duckling is ostracized by other animals.

In this retelling of "The Ugly Duckling" set on the African continent, the duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

In a garden near Beijing, five peas in a shell grow and wait to discover what fate has in store for them.

In this retelling of the familiar story about two rascals who sell a vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes, the characters are presented as dinosaurs.

The perilous adventures of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminate in tragedy for both of them.

An adaptation of Andersen's well-known fairy tale. Illustrated with photographs of three dimensional miniature settings. Suggested level: junior, primary.

"The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan. But when two local boys become drawn into the game,...