Andersen's fairy tales have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness. The stories are readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales. This collection of over forty of Andersen's most popular stories includes The Mermaid, The Real Princess, The Red Shoes, The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, The Tinder Box, The Ugly Duckling and many more. It is delightfully illustrated in black-and white by those remarkable brothers, Charles, Thomas and William Heath Robinson The Mermaid Hans Clodhopper The Flying Trunk The Rose Elf The Wild Swans The Elf-Hill The Real Princess A Picture from the Ramparts The Red Shoes Thumbelisa The Goblin and the Huckster The Bottle Neck The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Angel The Butterfly Psyche The Snail and the Rose-bush The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf The Nightingale The Storks The Little Match Girl Great Claus and Little Claus The Garden of Paradise Little Tuk The Wind's Tale about Waldemar Daa and his Daughters The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories A Rose from Homer's Grave The Emperor's New Clothes The Naughty Boy Holger the Dane What the Moon Saw The Tinder Box The Story of a Mother The Marsh King's Daughter The Galoshes of Fortune The Bronze Boar The Bell Olé Luköié, the Dustman The Swineherd The Travelling Companions The Ugly Duckling

Classic tales of fairies and princesses, ducklings and dancing shoes from the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” “The Red Shoes,” “The Princess on the Pea,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” fill the pages of this beautiful edition. Also included is “The Tallow Candle”—one of the earliest stories written by Andersen, just discovered recently! A great book of bedtime stories or for rainy day reading, as there are both short and long anecdotes included. Curl up with this collection of classics and lose yourself in childhood memories.

All fourteen Oz books are included in this collection: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, and more.

All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Snow Queen", "The Red Shoes", and "The Emperor's New Clothes," fill the pages of this beautiful collector's edition. this is a great book of bedtime stories or for rainy day reading. Hans Christian Andersen is one of the most popular children's writers of all time.

All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Snow Queen", "The Red Shoes", and "The Emperor's New Clothes," fill the pages of this beautiful collector's edition. this is a great book of bedtime stories or for rainy day reading. Hans Christian Andersen is one of the most popular children's writers of all time.

Some of our most well-known tales were originated by the pen of Hans Christian Andersen. A prolific writer, Andersen’s oeuvre includes plays, novels, and poems but he is most well-regarded for his fairy tales. Stories such as “The Princess and the Pea”,” “The Ugly Duckling,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes” are incredibly well-known and all from the mind of this illustrious fairy tale author. This lovely edition features color and black and white illustrations by Danish artist Kay Nielsen as well as all new foreword by Joan D. Vinge. There is an otherworldly quality in Nielsen’s art-deco styled pieces that provide adventurous and vibrant versions of these sixteen stories. The art still feels completely fresh and unique in this collection of masterworks featuring including “The Nightingale,” “The Red Shoes,” “The Snow Queen,” and others. These enchanting stories are wonderful for children, and collectors of fine art alike. Experience these classics again, and pick up this beautiful edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.