Tales from Hans Andersen

by Hans Christian Andersen (Retold by)

Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life.

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2008

About the author

Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories — called eventyr, or "fairy-tales" — express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.

Reviews

[Yokoi Yumi · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Tales from Hans Andersen Level:2

2. I spent 80 minutes on this book.

3. Tales Duckling Nightingale Mermaid Emperor's-Clothes Thumbelina Happy

4. In the Emperor's New Clothes, two bad men were bad and they liked money but they didn't want to work for it. So they lied that they made the Emperor's clothes. Actually, they didn't make it but he didn't see anything but he thought only clever person could see. So he said he could see the beautiful clothes. Finally, he walked without clothes in the street and people laughed him. So, what do you think about this book?
I think two men were bad, of course, but the Emperor was not clever. He had to notice the truth. If such a person walk the street, I don't laugh but maybe I am disgusted at.

5. This book was interesting for me. It was easy to read, and I enjoyed it. Also, I knew about some of this book, so I was really interested in these story!

[ちえ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Penguin Level2
110 minutes
duck/swan/mermaid/prince/emperor/clothes/girl

Q.If you become small like thumbelina, what do you want to do?
A.If I become samll, I want to explore many places that I have never gone. For example an ant's nest.

There are many tales in this book. There are stories taht I know, but there are also stories that I haven't read. My favorite story is "The little Mermaid"! It is good story.

[Yorika Oka · Rating 4 out of 5]

penguin readers level2
time=11/6 95minutes
seven word summary=ugly-swan-sing-beautiful-clothes-thumb
If your tall is thumb size, what are you going to do?
l want to sit on flowers!! I also want to ride on back of birds and fly away!!
I like tales of Andersen and I read a lot when I was a child. The emperor's new clothes was really interesting!! People are afraid too much of what others would think. The end of the story was good!!

[Erika Ando · Rating 3 out of 5]

1, Tales from Hans Andersen; Penguin; level 2
2, 81 minutes
3, ugly/swan/mermaid/voice/clothes/flower/thumb
4, Do you want to meet prince?
Yes, I do. I think most of girls want to meet prince like Disney story.
5. There are five stories in this book. I like the little mermaid the best, because little mermaid was very cute!