Tiny Thumbelina is pressured to marry a mole and live underground, but a swallow flies her to a warm land where she receives wings and marries a flower prince. Ida's flowers live a double life, quiet during the day, but partying and dancing with Ida's dolls all night.Īn abused destitute match girl has a vision of her grandmother in paradise just as she freezes to death. Snails wish to be on a rich man's table, but they live ordinary lives instead.ĭespite the prejudice of Christians, a Jewish girl finds the love of Christ.Ī flea, a grasshopper and a skipjack toy have a jumping competition to win a princess.Īn old oak pities a happy fly who only lives for one day, then his life passes before him in a dream and he is reunited with his friends, the birds and flowers, in heaven while a storm topples him over.Īn old man tells a story to a boy about an elder tree overseeing an old couple remembering their happy life together. Two tricksters pretend to sew a new suit for a vain emperor.Ī fir tree wants to see the world, and is cut down for Christmas, experiencing one glorious moment of splendor before being thrown in the trash heap.Ī flax plant dreaming of glory is made into linen undergarments, and then recycled into paper for a book, and finally thrown into the furnace.Ī proud girl is adopted by a rich patroness, but her ungrateful arrogance sinks her into a muddy underworld until a tear of repentance turns her into a bird.Ī goblin wants to emulate a student and understand poetry, but his nature is too obsessed with food and jam. 01 The Beetle Who Went on his TravelsĪ bragging beetle sees the world, marries and leaves a beetle wife, and draws his own conclusions about the world and his place in it.Ī toy soldier with a leg missing falls out a window, has adventures, admires a paper ballerina from afar, and is finally thrown into a furnace with the ballerina.Ī proud buckwheat refuses to yield and bow, so he gets destroyed by a storm.Īn apple blossom is humbled when painted next to a despised dandelion.
Some parents prefer Andersen's stories because of their moral, Christian tone as opposed to Lang's stories with witches and goblins, but some parents find his tales sad or morbid. If you prefer to use Hans Christian Andersen Tales, these are some of the better ones. Home > Resources > Book Helps > List of Hans Christian Andersen Tales List of Hans Christian Andersen TalesĬomplete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
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