The Wild Swans is one of the eighteen stories featured in this timeless collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. The story tells of a faraway kingdom where lives a widowed King with his twelve children: eleven princes and one princess. One day, he decides to remarry. He marries a wicke[...]
The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. One stormy night a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected guest by placing a[...]
The dear old Moon befriends an artist and appears to tell him of one thing or another that he has seen on the previous night or on that same evening. The Moon prompts the artist to paint the scenes described, and so their friendship continues. What the moon saw is one of the twenty stories featured[...]
A homely little bird born in a barnyard, chastised for being different from the rest, the ugly ducking matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all. A tale about personal transformation for the better, The Ugly Duckling is one of the most beloved and touching tales by H. A. Andersen[...]
The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father, the sea king; her grandmother and her five elder sisters, each born one year apart. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the[...]
Das kleine Däumelinchen ist eine der beliebtesten Märchenfiguren Hans Christian Andersens. Aus einer Tulpenblüte geboren, wird das kleine Mädchen aus seinem glücklichen Zuhause entführt und muss viele Gefahren und Abenteuer bestehen, bevor es mit dem König der Blumen sein Glück findet.[...]
Der Andersen-Märchenband mit 43 der bekanntesten Andersen-Märchen und 120 Bildern, ist zu einem Hausbuch geworden, das in jeder Hinsicht Maßstäbe setzt - selten wurde Andersen so hintergründig genau illustriert wie in diesem OEuvre von Nikolaus Heidelbach.[...]