H. C. Andersen
3) Thumbeline
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb and her many animal friends.
8) Thumbelina
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped by a toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has a series of dreadful experiences and makes many animal friends before meeting a fairy prince just her size.
11) The nightingale
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song. A retelling set in Northwest Africa.
Author
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Resets Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Ugly Dduckling," in the Northern Piney Woods of Alaska, where a baby moose is raised by a family of ducks who try to teach him to waddle, quack, and fly but cannot see his true beauty.
16) The tinderbox
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Andersen's classic tale of a brave soldier who finds love and fortune in a magic tinderbox.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.
20) Frozen
Author
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A princess sets out on a journey to find another missing princess, and save the kingdom from eternal winter.