H. C Andersen

A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.

Presents a collection of Andersen's fairy tales.

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves that she is a real princess.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

A collection of thirty-eight fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes, " and "The Swineherd."

Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant chaperon Sebastian...

After the Snow Queen kidnaps her friend Kai, Gerda embarks on aperilous and magical journey to search for him.

A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb is stolen by a great ugly toad and subsequently has many adventures and makes many animal friends, before finding the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land.

"The perilous adventure of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminates in tragedy for both of them." --

Eight tales chosen by the illustrator, winner of the 1990 Hans Christian Andersen Medal for lifetime achievement in the field of illustration for children.