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    The Hans Christian Andersen Treasury: Bedtime Fairytales
    The Hans Christian Andersen Treasury: Bedtime Fairytales
    The Hans Christian Andersen Treasury: Bedtime Fairytales
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    The Hans Christian Andersen Treasury: Bedtime Fairytales

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Joan Collins, Stephen Fry, David Walliams and

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    The most beloved fairy tales of Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen, narrated by the very best of British stage and screen talent. Perfect for bedtime, the long car journey or rainy afternoons at home, let Andersen delight and enchant children (and adults) of all ages with characters that stand the test of time.

    The Princess and the Pea and the Steadfast Tin Soldier by Sir Roger Moore

    The Little Match Girl by Ewan McGregor

    The Ugly Duckling by Stephen Fry

    The Emperor’s New Clothes by Dame Joan Collins

    The Snow Queen by Joanna Lumley

    Little Claus and Big Claus by Sir Michael Caine

    The Little Mermaid by David Walliams

    Thumbelina by Charlotte Rampling

    It’s Quite True by Paul McKenna

    The Nightingale by Michael Ball

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films “The Little Mermaid” and “Frozen”, which is loosely based on “The Snow Queen".

    Due to his contribution to children's literature, Andersen's birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSAGA Egmont
    Release dateApr 27, 2021
    ISBN9788726845341
    The Hans Christian Andersen Treasury: Bedtime Fairytales
    Author

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. He endured a lonely, impoverished childhood consoled by little more than his own imagination. He escaped to a theatre life in Copenhagen aged 14 where the support of a powerful patron enabled him to complete his scant education, and to write. His poetry, novels and travel books became hugely popular. But it was his Fairy Tales, the first children's stories of their kind, published in instalments from 1835 until the time of his death in 1875, that have immortalised him. Translated into more than 100 languages and adapted to every kind of media, they have made Andersen the most important children's writer in history.

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