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There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheelsThough criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersens tales made him an international star, taken to the hearts of children and adults for their beauty, sorrow and strangeness. Included here are The Steadfast Tin Soldier and Big Klaus and Little Klaus.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with...

"Storytime Readers" is a series of storybooks especially designed to provide easy and enjoyable reading practice. They have been carefully graded into three stages and have been written in a way that will help teachers to use them as plays, thus providing an early introduction to drama as a means of learning."Storytime Readers" tell tales of friendship, trust, family loyalty, kindness and love using colourful illustrations, dramatised audio recordings and engaging animations to stimulate the ima...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.`It doesn\\''t matter if you\\''re born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan\\''s egg!\\'' (from `The Ugly Duckling\\'')This collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersen\\''s most popular fairy tales - including `The Little Mermaid\\'', `The Ugly Duckling\\'' and `Thumbelina\\'' - in a celebration of one of the world\\''s most widely recognised children\\''s authors. With universal t...

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872.For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. Here are all of Andersen's 154 t...