The Wild Swans

by Hans Christian Andersen

Overview

From the Golden Book archives comes a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, gloriously illustrated by Gordon Laite in the late 1960s but never published until now!
 
Gordon Laite’s breathtaking artwork for a Little Golden Book edition of the Andersen fairy tale was found recently in the Golden Books archive. Planned for a 1970 release but never published, this Little Golden Book is finally making its debut for today’s fairy tale fans! And it couldn’t be a lovelier retelling of the story of a determined princess whose loyalty saves her brothers from being turned into swans by an evil queen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553509489
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/22/2014
Series:	Little Golden Book Series
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	24 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Hans Christian Andersen (1805~1875) produced 130 volumes of outstanding children's stories during his lifetime. Today, his stories are loved and recognized all around the world.

Seong-hye Hwang studied painting and design in college and majored in illustration at Kingston University in the United Kingdom. She teaches illustration at a college and also works as a freelance illustrator.

Date of Birth:

April 2, 1805

Date of Death:

August 4, 1875

Place of Birth:

Odense, Denmark

Place of Death:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Editorial Reviews

When the king remarries, his new wife turns him against his daughter, Elisa, and changes his sons into wild swans. Enduring great suffering for her brothers' sake, Elisa makes them shirts of nettles to break their enchantment. Hautzig's retelling is somewhat simpler than the Haugaard translation, and her graceful prose suits the story well. Kaila, a Finnish illustrator nominated for the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Award, offers a series of illustrations that are delicate, grave, and dreamlike. Quite simply, this is the loveliest edition of this classic fairy tale available.

Carolyn Phelan

"Helen Crawford-White’s spacious illustrations practically beg to be colored in. . . The rich, specific language lends itself especially well to reading out loud, as befits one of Western Civ’s most supple storytellers. . . Beautiful." — The Wall Street Journal

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