Originally a musical film that premiered in 1952 starring Danny Kaye, Hans Christian Andersen was nominated for six Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, and for the American Film Institute’s list ...

Today is International Children’s Book Day – chosen to coincide with Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – and we’re looking back at the author’s influence and the significance of ...

Silent footage from the Hans Christian Andersen's story of a tiny girl who encounters many unusual experiences before she finds the home where she really belongs. Thumbelina is taken to live among ...

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By Sabrina Orah Mark Two new middle grade novels insist Hans Christian Andersen got it all wrong. By Jennifer Howard Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that ...

Nova Scotia illustrator Sydney Smith has won the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, making him the first ever Canadian winner. The biannual award, presented by the ...

Children's book and young adult novelist Lee Geum-yi has made the shortlist for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award, a prestigious accolade often referred to as the "Nobel Prize" of children's ...

The most typical of scenes in Odense, the birthplace of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, is out of a fairy tale — a cobbled road, toylike houses, big fat roses blooming on bushes near the ...

There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to, and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a ...

Just as the two left for the castle, their younger brother, named Hans Clodhopper, ran up and resolved to join them. He rode on a billy goat, as their father would not allow him a horse, and soon ...

Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door is a funny and thought-provoking middle-grade novel about the power of stories – especially the ones we tell ourselves. Real life isn’t a fairy tale for Andie ...