Sunday, March 30, 2008

Let's celebrate. . .Hans Christian Andersen!


Hans Christian Andersen's birthday is coming up April 2! He is the author of a zillion fairy tales including The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes.

H.C.A. was born in 1805 in Odense, Denmark. He is known as the father of the modern fairy tale because he wrote over 150 original fairy tales. Click here for more information about him: http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main. Click here for a little ditty about him: http://hca.gilead.org.il/imhca.html.

And click click click your heels on in to the library to pick out a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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