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1) La sirenita
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En el fondo del mar de agua azul como el aciano, en un castillo con muros de coral, altas vidrieras de ámbar y techos de conchas de colores, vivía el Rey del mar. Había perdido a su esposa desde hacía muchos años, y vivía con la madre, una anciana sirena...
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones de artistas de primera línea....
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Había una vez veinticinco soldaditos de plomo todos iguales: uniforme rojo, fusil al hombro y mirada fija. Solo el último era diferente: estaba sobre una sola pierna porque, cuando lo fundieron, el plomo se había terminado. Los niños que los habían recibido de regalo los pusieron todos de pie sobre la mesa.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas...
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Hace mucho tiempo el diablo construyó un espejo mágico que deformaba las cosas: todo lo que era bello se convertía en feo, y todo lo que era feo se convertía en horrendo.
El diablo se divertía mirando el mundo en su espejo mágico, pero un día se rompió y los pedazos cayeron sobre la Tierra.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones...
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This collection, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen was originally published in 1932. It contains many of Hans Christian's best-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming color plates and black and white drawings of Arthur Rackham. The stories include: "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Thumbelina," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Little Match Girl," "The Little Mermaid," and...
6) Pulgarcita
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After being kidnapped by an ugly toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has a series of dreadful experiences before meeting a fairy prince just her size.
"Pulgarcita, una niña diminuta y vulnerable que nace de un deseo, debe enfrentar una serie de aventuras donde conoce el peligro y la belleza. Tras recorrer varios caminos encontrará el mundo al que pertenece"--Cover.
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Hans Christian Andersen is one of the worlds most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. Readers the world over know his poignant tale of "The Little Mermaid," who sacrifices everything for love, and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," whose affection for a paper ballerina is symbolized by his transformation into a small tin heart. Several of Andersens stories are so well-known--among them "The Emperors New...
10) Contes
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Une édition de référence des Contes de Hans Christian Andersen, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Il s'élança dans l'eau et nagea à la rencontre des cygnes. Ceux-ci l'aperçurent et se précipitèrent vers lui les plumes soulevées. « Tuez-moi », dit le pauvre animal ; et, penchant la tête vers la surface de l'eau, il attendait la mort.
Mais que vit-il dans l'eau transparente ? Il vit sa propre image...
11) The Bell
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In "The Bell" a mysterious distant bell is heard by the inhabitants of a village. Knowing that it is not coming from the village the inhabitants search the forest, but are unable to find the source. A prince and a poor child eventually come to discover the source of the bell is mysterious, old and from nature itself. A parable about the transience of earthly things.
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In "The Story of a Mother" A mother is watching over her sick child, when having briefly closed her eyes, Death comes and takes the child. The mother rushes outside to pursue Death and encounters various spirits who offer conditional advice, including a thorn bush, who takes her heart's blood and a lake which takes her eyes in exchange for passage across it. Finally finding her child in Death's greenhouse, he offers her a terrible choice. First published...
13) The Fir Tree
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In "The Fir-Tree" a little tree who is anxious to grow up, fails to appreciate that which happens to him in the moment. After experiencing burning humiliation at being small and insignificant, he is chopped down and decorated for a family's Christmas decorations. Expecting this to be the beginning of a great career, the fir tree is bitterly disappointed when he is discarded after a day and eventually cut into pieces and burned. First published in...
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In a faraway land, perched upon her little nest, Mother Duck waits for her last remaining egg to hatch. When the odd little egg finally breaks open, Mother Duck is shocked to see an ugly duckling staring up at her. Despite its homeliness, Mother Duck adores her awkward child and does her best to protect him. Unfortunately, no one else on the farm wants anything to do with the Ugly Duckling, and he is driven from the farm to fend for himself. Survival,...
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The Elf of The Rose is one of seventeen fairy tales featured in this collection of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. The Elf lives inside a beautiful rose-tree in full blossom. He is such a little wee thing, that no human eye could see him. During the day he enjoys the warm sunshine, flies from flower to flower, and dances on the wings of the flying butterflies.
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The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father, the sea king; her grandmother and her five elder sisters, each born one year apart. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the surface every year. As each of them returns, the Little Mermaid listens longingly to their various descriptions of the surface and of human beings.
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The Wild Swans is one of the eighteen stories featured in this timeless collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. The story tells of a faraway kingdom where lives a widowed King with his twelve children: eleven princes and one princess. One day, he decides to remarry. He marries a wicked queen who was a witch. Out of spite, the queen turns her eleven stepsons into swans and forces them to fly away. The queen then tries to bewitch their...
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A homely little bird born in a barnyard, chastised for being different from the rest, the ugly ducking matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all. A tale about personal transformation for the better, The Ugly Duckling is one of the most beloved and touching tales by H. A. Andersen.
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The dear old Moon befriends an artist and appears to tell him of one thing or another that he has seen on the previous night or on that same evening. The Moon prompts the artist to paint the scenes described, and so their friendship continues. What the moon saw is one of the twenty stories featured in this timeless collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
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The story tells of a prince who wants to marry a princess, but is having difficulty finding a suitable wife. One stormy night a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle. She claims to be a princess, so the prince's mother decides to test their unexpected guest by placing a pea in the bed she is offered for the night. The Princess and The Pea is one of the twenty stories featured in this timeless collection of fairy tales...
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