An illustrated collection of forty-one fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," and "The Swineherd."

The new duckling is scorned by everyone because he is different, but after a lonely winter he discovers he has grown into a beautiful swan.

Hans Christian Andersen's touching story of true love between a malformed toy soldier and a paper ballerina is charged with both romance and heroism.

The fir tree - The princess and the pea - Happy family - The ugly duckling - The darning needle - It's absoulutely true! - The steadfast tin soldier.

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.

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

When the rest of the ducks turn on her little duckling, Ugly, because he isn't like them, Mother Duck sadly leaves him behind in order to protect her other children. With the help of some new friends, Ugly makes his way alone, but he doesn't know where he's going or what he's looking for.

Abby is feeling slighted by not being chosen festival leader at school, and her brother Jonah thinks that a trip through the magic mirror is just what she needs--but when they find themselves in a strange version of the Princess and the pea, and Abby is tagged as the princess, who will be the next ruler of the Kingdom of Bog (which is very damp and infested with alligators), she is not so much complimented as desperate to find an alternate princess,...

An illustrated collection of more than 150 original fairy tales by the nineteenth-century Danish author, including well-known favorites such as "The Ugly Duckling" and lesser-known titles such as "The Daisy."