H. C. Andersen

The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brief, tragic life.

"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"--

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.