The luminous art of three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney transforms the nineteenth-century Danish girl of Andersen's tale into a child plucked straight from America's melting pot, shedding new light on the invisibility of the poor among the prosperous-a circumstance as familiar in Andersen's day as it is in our own.
"[A] beautifully illustrated version of a classic tale."(Booklist, starred review)
| ISBN: | 9780142301883 |
| Publication date: | 23rd September 2002 |
| Author: | Hans Christian Andersen |
| Illustrator: | Jerry Pinkney |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
| Genres: |
Traditional Tales Children’s / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals and special events Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |
The luminous art of three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney transforms the nineteenth-century Danish girl of Andersen's tale into a child plucked straight from America's melting pot, shedding new light on the invisibility of the poor among the prosperous-a circumstance as familiar in Andersen's day as it is in our own."[A] beautifully illustrated version of a classic tale."(Booklist, starred review)
The Little Match Girl features in the following genres: Traditional Tales, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals and special events, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
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The Little Match Girl was written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
The Little Match Girl has 32 pages