The Little Match Girl

Andersen, Hans Christian; Lavreys, Debbie [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 1605370088 / ISBN 13: 9781605370088

Editore: Clavis Publishing, 2008

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Titolo: The Little Match Girl

Casa editrice: Clavis Publishing

Data di pubblicazione: 2008

Legatura: hardcover

Illustratore: Lavreys, Debbie

Condizione: New

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Riassunto:

Fearful of returning home to a violent father without having sold enough matches for the day, the Little Match Girl remains on the street resigned to warming herself by lighting matches. With each match, she sees a vision?a warm stove, a table laden with hot food, a beautiful Christmas tree decorated with lights leading up to the sky, so high that one becomes a shooting star. According to her grandmother, each shooting star is a person who had recently passed on and is now heading to heaven. Her next strike brings a vision of her grandmother?the only person in the world who ever loved the Little Match Girl?who takes her away in her warm embrace to heaven. The classic ending is intact here and accompanied by gentle, sensitive illustrations?children will return to this stirring tale often to understand its tragedy and the valuable lessons within.

L'autore:

Hans Christian Andersen was a popular Danish writer in the 19th Century. He is the author of such classic fairy tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and The Ugly Duckling. Debbie Lavreys is an illustrator whose works include Is This Love?, Moonstruck, and Seasons.