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Matchless a Christmas story an illumination of Hans Christian Andersen's classic "The Little Match Girl"

Entwines the classic fairy tale of the little match girl with a story of Frederik, whose mother is seamstress to the queen and who spends many evenings crafting a village in the attic of their small, cold home.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maguire, Gregory
Other Authors:	Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : William Morrow, 2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Christmas fiction.
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Summary:	Entwines the classic fairy tale of the little match girl with a story of Frederik, whose mother is seamstress to the queen and who spends many evenings crafting a village in the attic of their small, cold home.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	9780061913013 0061913014
Author Notes:	Gregory Maguire was born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York. He received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Tufts University. He is a founder and co-director of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. He writes for both adults and children. His first book, The Lighting Time, was published in 1978. His adult works include Wicked, Confessions of and Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. The Broadway play Wicked is based on his book of the same title. His children's books include the picture book Crabby Cratchitt, the novel The Good Liar, and the Hamlet Chronicles series. (Bowker Author Biography)