H. C. Andersen

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.

"Hans Christian Andersen: Best-loved Fairy Tales features one hundred of Hans Christian Andersen's most famous stories, gloriously illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner." -Back Cover

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

"The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they're also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan. But when two local boys become drawn into the game,...

"This unique retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale includes seven dazzling spreads, featuring artwork and incredible pop-ups from the award-winning paper engineer, Yevgeiya Yeretskaya." -Back Cover

A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.

The queen has a plan to help the prince find a real princess to marry.

A collection of familiar and unfamiliar tales from Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, along with notes and an essay introducing the author and his times.