A book about Hans Christian Andersen

He was and still is the father or all stories and fairytales. He had just one dream, to tell stories to the kids. Because when himself were a kid, his mother would tell him stories. She didn’t know how to read, because in that era only the wealthy danish people were allowed to have an education. But that didn’t stop her from inventing the most amazong stories for her boy. Later in life, after a lot of hardships and attempts in other jobs, he will start writting his fairytales. 156 of them, to be more precise 🙂

In his honor, the greatest prize in children literature is being offered. I don’t think it exist a school or a household with children in it that hadn’t heard of him or red his fairy tales.

Now, a great author herself, Jane Yolen brings this beautiful homage to him. Together with the bright and warm illustrations of Brooke Boynton Hughes, this biography is one to be cherish and read.

Enjoy!