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Thumbelina the graphic novel

After seeking the help of a strange old woman, Gerta is amazed to see a tiny girl emerge from the blooming petals of a magic flower! Gerta has always wanted a child of her own, so she adopts the tiny maiden and names her Thumbelina. While Gerta sleeps, a strange creature creeps forth from the darkne...

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Other Authors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Powell, Martin, 1959-, Horne, Sarah, 1979- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Stone Arch Books, c2010.
Series:Graphic spin.
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Fairy tales > Juvenile fiction.
Graphic novels > Juvenile.
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Summary:After seeking the help of a strange old woman, Gerta is amazed to see a tiny girl emerge from the blooming petals of a magic flower! Gerta has always wanted a child of her own, so she adopts the tiny maiden and names her Thumbelina. While Gerta sleeps, a strange creature creeps forth from the darkness and steals Thumbelina into the night. Lost and alone in a forest, Thumbelina must seek the aid of the forest creatures if she is to ever see Gerta again.
Item Description:At head of title: Hans Christian Andersen's.
Physical Description:33 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Audience:008-013.
RL: 2.4.
Guided reading level: L.
ISBN:9781434217417 (pbk.)
1434217418 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Hans Christian Andersen, one of the best known figures in literature, is best know for combining traditional folk tales with his own great imagination to produce fairy tales known to most children today. The Danish writer was born in the slums of Odense. Although he was raised in poverty, he eventually attended Copenhagen University.

Although Andersen wrote poems, plays and books, he is best known for his Fairy Tales and Other Stories, written between 1835 and 1872. This work includes such famous tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, Little Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, Little Claus and Big Claus, Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Story of a Mother and The Swineherd.

Andersen's greatest work is still influential today, helping mold some of the works of writers ranging from Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde and inspiring many of the works of Disney and other motion pictures.

Andersen, who traveled greatly during his life, died in his home in Rolighed on August 4, 1875.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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