Books with author M.R. James Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen (1805 –1875) was a Danish author best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish, or "fairy-tales" in English, express themes that transcend age and nationality. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films. Montague Rhodes James (1862 – 1936), who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. In this book: The Dauntless Tin Soldier The Emperor's New Clothes The Little Mermaid The White Silk Boy The Green Boy and the Three Witches The Travelling Companion Thumbelina The Princess on the Pea Little Claus and Big Claus The Tinder Box The Fir Tree The Ugly Duckling The Lovers The Nightingale The Pig Boy The Elf of the Rose The Storks The Flying Trunk The Garden of Eden The Eleven Wild Swans It's Perfectly Certain The Story of the Year The Shirt Collar The Happy Family The Old House The Shadow The Elf Hill The Bell The Darning Needle The Snow Queen Chicken Greta's Family In the Duck-Yard The Snow Man What the Old Man Does is Always Right The Beetle Anne Lisbeth The Girl who Trod on the Loaf The Racers The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream (A Christmas Tale) Something Soup from a Sausage-Peg The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

Welcome to What Happens Next?TM books!Here kids get to decide where they'd like to see the story go next. Now instead of just one story, children have all kinds of possibilities to choose from. Choose differently and discover a new ending!A new take on a classicWhat happens when you take Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea" and let kids decide what happens next? You might find a queen with even sillier ideas than putting a pea in a bed!With over a dozen different endings, The Princess & the Pepperoni Pizza is a fun tale to read again and again!Fun for all agesThis is a great book to read with a younger child (4-6), and fun for 7 to 12-year-olds to read on their own. Each story is the perfect length to read any time, including right before bed, and parents are sure to enjoy the silly stories as much as kids!More What Happens Next?TM FairytalesLove books where you choose the storyline? Be sure to check out the second book in this series, Frog Kisses, based on the Grimm Brothers' "The Frog Prince."

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author best known for writing children's stories including "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling." But he didn't just write short stories, and his intended audience wasn't restricted to children. In addition to his fairy tales, Andersen wrote poems, plays, novels, travel books, essays, and more. He hungered for recognition at home (Denmark) and abroad—and he got it! Eventually. Today, his stories can be read in over one hundred languages. But no matter what language they're in, Andersen's tales have got something for everyone. In them, you'll find beauty, tragedy, nature, religion, artfulness, deception, betrayal, love, death, judgment, penance, and—occasionally—a happy ending. They're complex tales, but since Andersen himself was pretty complex, we like to think that art imitates life. Or something like that. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina. Includes vintage illustration!

Deep in the forest, quite hidden from view among the tall pines a small fir-tree grew. The taller trees laughed when they heard the fir moan, "I wish I were taller, I can't wait 'til I'm grown!" A traditional winter's tale from Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Fir-tree is here retold with all the magic of the original storyteller. Beautifully illustrated by Caroline Pedler, this book captures the thrill of a traditional childhood Christmas.

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This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Match Girl', first published in May of 1824. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Harry Clarke, Honor Appleton, Maxwell Armfield, among others. This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form. The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.