The Wild Swans

By Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrated by Helen Crawford-White
Translated by Misha Hoekstra

By Hans Christian Andersen

By Hans Christian Andersen

By Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrated by Helen Crawford-White
Translated by Misha Hoekstra

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The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen

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Feb 07, 2017 | 96 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Jul 22, 2014 | 24 Pages | 2-5 years

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Feb 07, 2017 | 96 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About The Wild Swans

    A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships alone in order to save her beloved brothers from the spell.

    This edition also contains a new translation of Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved story The Nightingale, a story about a Chinese emperor who prefers the song of a mechanical nightingale to that of the real bird. When he falls ill, it is the nightingale who saves him. The story has been adapted for stage, opera, muscial theatre and television many times.

    About The Wild Swans

    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.

    About The Wild Swans

    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.

    About The Wild Swans

    A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships alone in order to save her beloved brothers from the spell.

    This edition also contains a new translation of Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved story The Nightingale, a story about a Chinese emperor who prefers the song of a mechanical nightingale to that of the real bird. When he falls ill, it is the nightingale who saves him. The story has been adapted for stage, opera, muscial theatre and television many times.


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    About Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805—75) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker, who nonetheless was a great reader, made a toy-theatre for his son and taught him to notice every natural wonder as they walked in the… More about Hans Christian Andersen

    About Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805—75) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker, who nonetheless was a great reader, made a toy-theatre for his son and taught him to notice every natural wonder as they walked in the… More about Hans Christian Andersen

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Pushkin Children’s Books
    Feb 07, 2017 | 96 Pages | 5-13/16 x 7-7/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781782691228

    Hardcover
    Published by Golden Books
    Jul 22, 2014 | 24 Pages | 6-5/8 x 8 | 2-5 years | ISBN 9780375864308

    Ebook
    Published by Golden Books
    Jul 22, 2014 | 24 Pages | 2-5 years | ISBN 9780553509489

    Ebook
    Published by Pushkin Children’s Books
    Feb 07, 2017 | 96 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781782691402

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