Hans Christian Andersen

Favourite fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen retold by Eric Haugaard in a new translation.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales is an enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, and contains 12 of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent stories, including Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, The Emperor's New Clothes, the tale of a man who cares only for his appearance and The Little Mermaid, who longs to one day marry a human prince.

When little Kay is enticed away from his home by the Snow Queen who traps him in her palace in the cold far north, his loyal friend Gerda goes on a long and dangerous journey to rescue him. With this classic children's story are four more tales from the imagination of Hans Christian - the story of a cunning frog, an old house and a snowman who is unaware of the effects of the coming spring.