Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

by NaomiLewis (Author), EmmaChichester-Clark (Illustrator)

Synopsis

Here is a wonderful toy-box overflowing with sparkling new translations of Hans Christian Andersen stories, written for young children with all the warmth, wit and character of the 19th-century originals. Emma Chichester-Clark's combination of magical images combined with Naomi Lewis's beautiful writing to make this an anthology which will be sought after, much-read and greatly treasured.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 01 Oct 2005

ISBN 10: 1845074327
ISBN 13: 9781845074326

Media Reviews
A must for any fan of fairy tales, told with rare and often heart-stopping elegance, and luminously illustrated. The Sunday Times
Author Bio
Emma Chichester Clark studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art. In 1988 she won the Mother Goose Award for her first book, Listen to This!, an anthology compiled by Laura Cecil. Since then, she has become internationally known, illustrating writers such as Roald Dahl, Peter Dickinson, Anne Fine and Margaret Mahy. Emma was the first winner of the newly created Grinzane Junior Award for I Love you, Blue Kangaroo.

Naomi Lewis is a leading authority on the writing of Hans Christian Andersen. She herself is a distinguished children's writer, poet, anthologiser and a much-respected reviewer of children's books.