Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316573590 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Available in time to commemorate Andersen's 200th birthday in April. Full color.. Mills' delicate watercolors create a miniature land that is home to this plucky heroine, who uses cleverness instead of size and strength to make her way into the wide, wide world
little_pea76 said Beautifully Illustrated. When I was a little girl I recall borrowing a book on Thumbelina from the library where the illustrations brought the story to life right off the pages.I purchased this book for my daughter's collection and it's illustrations do not disappoint.Beautifully illustrated, with details to the story lacking in other renditions, this is a must-have for any child's library.. Lauren Mills Artwork! I am such a fan of Lauren Mills. I can't get enough of her beautiful illustrations. Here she really does justice of Hans Christian Andersen's story. The Rag Coat][[ASIN:080371Lauren Mills Artwork! smg I am such a fan of Lauren Mills. I can't get enough of her beautiful illustrations. Here she really does justice of Hans Christian Andersen's story. The Rag Coat][[ASIN:0803714580 The Book of Little Folk: Faery Stories and Poems from Around the WorldFairy Wings. 580 The Book of Little Folk: Faery Stories and Poems from Around the WorldFairy Wings. "Nice story. I love all my books by Lauren" according to Earthmama. Nice story. I love all my books by Lauren Mills. They take you to a magical fairy land . My daughter loves them too.
Lauren Mills is the talented storyteller of such original tales as Fairy Wings, winner of the Golden Kite Award for Illustration along with her collaborator Dennis Nolan, Fia and the Imp, and The Dog Prince as well as the highly acclaimed story The Rag Coat, praised by Smithsonian magazine as "A story of bravery and self-reliance, with bewitching watercolors." Lauren Mills lives with her husband, artist and author Dennis Nolan, and their daughter, Evie, in Massachusetts.
Welcomed into a kind field mouse's home in winter and presented to a bachelor mole as a possible bride, the sweet child has the common sense to listen to others and the strength of character to do what her own mind and senses tell her is right. Even libraries that own Lisbeth Zwerger's lovely version of the story (Morrow, 1980), which is closely translated from the original Danish, will want Mills's book as well.–Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OHCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . Obtained by an old widow from a tulip grown from a magic seed, the tiny child is soon taken by a toad, then by a beetle, both of them fancying her for her beauty. From School Library Journal Grade 1-5–This is a charmingly illustrated Thumbelina, retold with just a few changes in detail and some omissions of lengthy description that make the story more readable. In Mills's soft, detailed watercolor illustrations, the