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Elsa Beskow's charming illustrations bring to life this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a thumb-sized girl who has big adventures.

Thumbelina is so small she sleeps in a walnut shell bed with a rose petal sheet. One day, a toad steals her away from her home... Read Full Overview

This edition contains the original and unabridged text of this Hans Christian Andersen classic.

"Thumbelina" is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published in Copenhagen, Denmark.

"Thumbelina" is a tiny girl and this book tells... Read Full Overview

Once upon a time there was a woman who was sad because she had no children.??One day she planted a magic seed and from the seed grew a flower.??Inside the flower was a tiny, exquisite girl no bigger than the woman's thumb.??Her name was Thumbelina. The two lived happily together... Read Full Overview

Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of the smallest girl in the world is brought to life for a new generation.

"Thumbelina" is a fairy tale by famous poet and story teller Hans Christian Andersen. "Thumbelina" is a story about about a tiny petite girl who had to confront obstacles far greater than her size. "Thumbelina" contains lessons of optimism and perseverance that are still important... Read Full Overview

Thumbelina is as pretty and delicate as the flower she was born in, and no bigger than her mother's thumb. She grows older, but no taller in their happy home until she awakens one morning to a terrible surpise: an ugly mother toad has kidnapped her and wants Thumbelina to marry... Read Full Overview

In this book we have retold "Thumbelina"- a fairy tale by famous Danish story teller Hans Christian Andersen. Our "Thumbelina" was specially adapted for younger children. We expect that they will like the fairy tale and our illustrations. "Thumbelina" is a part of a series of... Read Full Overview

"Thumbelina" is a fairy tale by famous poet and story teller Hans Christian Andersen. "Thumbelina" is a story about about a tiny petite girl who had to confront obstacles far greater than her size. "Thumbelina" contains lessons of optimism and perseverance that are still important... Read Full Overview

"Thumbelina" (Danish: Tommelise) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Traveling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. "Thumbelina"... Read Full Overview