The Little Mermaid

by Armada Press (Editor), Hans Christian Andersen

Overview

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, Denmark. The author is considered the father of the modern fairy tales. To honor his memory the International Children's Book Day is celebrated on April 2, the birthday of Hans Andersen. International Day. After him is also named the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the most relevant award of children's literature, also known as the Nobel Prize for children's literature "The Little Mermaid", which was originally named "Den lille Havfrue", was published in 1837. The story shows a young mermaid in the search for the real love, aiming to conquest a prince that lives in the surface. Succeeding to her plan, her soul would become immortal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537678368
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/14/2016
Series:	Tales from Hans Christian Andersen , #8
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.11(d)

About the Author

Hans Christian Andersen; often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; (2 April 1805 - 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. 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 in Danish, express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Table of Contents

Daughters Of Triton

Fathoms Below

Kiss The Girl

Les Poissons

Part Of Your World

Part Of Your World (Reprise)

Poor Unfortunate Souls

Under The Sea

Editorial Reviews

From Isadora (A South African Night, p. 496, etc.), a rich retelling of a dark and complex tale, with illustrations that are surprisingly uneven. The little mermaid turns 15: "She rose to the surface as light as a bubble. In the glow of sunset, a great ship lay anchored." She peers inside the porthole to view the young prince with whom she'll fall in love. The telling has a spellbinding cadence, lending itself to reading aloud. Scenes such as the storm destroying the ship, the sea witch, and the first portrait of the mermaid as a young girl are grand and accomplished; others aren't as strong. In almost every scene the little mermaid's hair and face varies to an amateurish degree; a scene of her and her grandmother demonstrates markedly different approaches to drawing faces: The little mermaid's is all but featureless, the elderly woman's is explicitly detailed. The text stands alone, but given Isadora's past accomplishments, it needn't be so. (Picture book/folklore. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews

"Denmark's greatest writer" - Independent

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