Princess Elisa tries to rescue her brothers in this freshly animated version of the fairy tale by beloved childrens author Hans Christian Andersen ... 11 stepsons into swans and expels the ...

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Today is International Children’s Book Day – chosen to coincide with Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – and we’re looking back at the author’s influence and the significance of ...

Silent footage from the Hans Christian Andersen's story of a tiny girl who encounters many unusual experiences before she finds the home where she really belongs. Thumbelina is taken to live among ...

Author David A. Robertson and illustrator Josée Bisaillon have been nominated for the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Known as the “little Nobel,” the biennial awards were established in 1956 to ...

Indeed one of Europe’s most famous folktales – the Wild Swans (written by Hans Christian Andersen, but thought to be based on traditional folk stories) – reveals how shirts, made of nettle ...

The former Monarch, who abdicated in January 2024, made her on-screen debut in 2009, as an extra in the film The Wild Swans. The movie is a retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen ...

Vivid visuals and macabre humour animate this modern reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s grisly fairytale ... a banquet table in slow motion, her wild kicks turning every piece of cutlery ...

The interconnectivity of life and death, however, is paramount to any understanding of Christianity — which understanding is beautifully portrayed in a well-known tale by Hans Christian Andersen ...

Famed Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is recognized around the world for his beloved books, including The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Princess and the ...

Nova Scotia illustrator Sydney Smith has won the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, making him the first ever Canadian winner. The biannual award, presented by the ...

She told them to fly, forcing them to the world to look after themselves, but because she could not say it quite right, they became eleven beautiful, swans that flew off away from the palace. Early in ...