Andersen's Fairy Tales Author:Hans Christian Andersen Includes 30 fairy tales illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh. No publication date or copyright. Fairy tales include such beloved stories as The Tinder Box, The Red Shoes, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, The Wild Swans, The Marsh King's Daughter, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Little Match Girl, The Princess and the Pea,... more » The Nightingale, and many lesser known Andersen Fairy Tales such as Little Ida's Flowers, The Angel,The Garden of Paradise, Elder-Tree Mother, and The Roses and the Sparrow.« less
Fairy tales are essential to childhood. They are imagination that whispers to us, takes us on journeys, and connects us to others. They also are about as gentle a way of exposing a child to the horrors of this world, as there is.