Hans Christian - Libros y biografía

In the rose bush in the middle of the garden lived a tiny elf, she was so small that it was impossible to see her with the naked eye. Behind each rose petal hides a room and the elf spent her days exploring...

There was once a poor little girl called Karen. In summer, she walked barefoot and in winter, she wore clogs that hurt her feet. She had no choice, it was all she had. Dame Shoemaker wanted to help her...

In the middle of the wood is a little fir tree who thinks of one thing only – growing bigger. He takes no pleasure from life because he always thinks about how he is not as big as the other fir trees....

A little boy who had caught a cold after getting his feet wet, drank an elder infusion that his mother had prepared to warm him up and his grandfather told him the story of the Little Elder-Tree Mother.

Once upon a time there was a darning needle who thought it was a sewing needle. It was indeed very fine, so fine that one day it broke, but it was not yet over for the needle, nor its dreams.

After a storm, a field of buckwheat is blackened and dry, as if it has been burnt, but why? Here, Hans Christian Andersen tells all, he heard it from the sparrow, who heard it from the old willow tree,...

There was once an old house that was so dilapidated that it made the other houses in the street ashamed. But, the little boy who lived opposite liked it a lot and loved looking at it day and night. When,...

Next to a long-abandoned castle, grows a jungle of burdock. Under the great green leaves live two old snails, descended from a long lineage, whose ancestors were served on silver platters to the inhabitants...

A scholar from a cold country lived in a hot country, but he found it difficult to adapt to the climate. In the daytime, his shadow became tiny: it really was too hot for him. So, he stayed at home and...

An old street lamp is at the end of its working life. It has had a long life and lots of people know it. So, friends come to visit on its last night on the job. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)...

Many families lived close to the pond: the roses, the sparrows and even men. During a family discussion, the little sparrows asked their parents, what is Beauty? A question whose answer would arrive in...

"Ver hiervandaan, in het land waar de zwaluwen de winter ontvluchten, leefde een koning die elf zonen had, en een dochter, Elisa." Zo begint het verhaal van Elisa en haar broers. In het begin was alles...

The Fir-Tree is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. It is a melancholy...

Een kaboutertje woonde bij een kruidenier waar hij erg gesteld op was, omdat de kruidenier hem met Kerstmis altijd pap met een grote klont boter gaf. Onder de dakrand van het huis van de kruidenier woonde...

The Tinderbox is a literary fairy tale by The Tinderbox is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. A poor soldier returning home from war meets a witch who asks him to climb into a hollow tree...

Una famiglia di rospi viveva in un pozzo profondo; così profondo che, dalla cima, non si vedeva neppure la superficie dell’acqua. Uno dei giovani rospi sognava di scoprire cosa ci fosse al di fuori del...

In una notte tempestosa, un vecchio poeta buono riposava pacificamente in casa sua quando improvvisamente sentì bussare alla porta. Quando la aprì si trovò davanti un giovanotto di bell’aspetto, bagnato...

Tutti i bambini del posto conoscevano il fiume Odense e conoscevano la campana che vi si trovava dentro. Molto tempo prima la campana, esausta, era caduta dalla sua trave ed era atterrata nel fiume, nel...

Era il mese di maggio e la primavera era ormai arrivata, nonostante facesse ancora freddo. I fiori sbocciavano, ma non tutti i fiori erano lodati allo stesso modo. Qualcuno diceva che c’era una differenza...

Le campane avevano appena suonato i dodici rintocchi della mezzanotte, annunciando l’inizio di un nuovo anno, quando una diligenza postale si fermò alle porte della città. A bordo c’erano dodici festaioli...

Quando muore un bambino, un angelo scende sulla terra a prenderlo per condurlo in cielo e il bambino può portare con sé dei fiori per sbocciare di nuovo lassù. Ma stavolta, quando l’angelo scese sulla...

Le Vilain Petit Canard (1842) raconte l'histoire d'un caneton rejeté de tous, y compris de sa famille, à cause de son physique différent. Fatigué des moqueries, il décide de partir loin, très loin, mais...

Le jour de son anniversaire, un petit garçon reçut une boîte de 25 soldats de plomb. L'un d'entre eux était un peu différent des autres car il n'avait qu'une seule jambe. Les soldats furent rangés sur...

Cos’è l’amore? Cosa ci vuole per amare? Lasciate che i tanto amati personaggi di Hans Christian Andersen vi mostrino cosa può essere l’amore, cosa ci vuole per amare e come l’amore si può manifestare...

C’era una volta una vecchia casetta così malconcia da far vergognare le altre case della strada. Ma il bambino che abitava di fronte ad essa la amava e amava osservarla giorno e notte. Quando un giorno...

The Ugly Duckling is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until,...

The Nightingale (Danish: "Nattergalen") is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. Well received...

In this classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a toad goes exploring. It meets a bunch of other critters, until the biggest threat comes around.

The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. Something is always wrong with those he meets, and he cannot be certain they are real princesses....

"The little match seller" or "The little match girl" is a very famous fairy folk tale, written by Hans-Christian Andersen. On a cold New Year's Eve, a young, poor girl tries to sell matches in the street....