H. C Andersen
62) Frozen
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When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.
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In this rendition a tiger is proven to be a princess. In this adaptation of the classic Andersen tale, a bedraggled feline, claiming to be the real princess whom the prince seeks as a mate, undergoes the queen's bizarre test for determining true nobility. A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves that she is a real princess.
65) The Snow queen
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The strength of a little girl's love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen's spell.
69) The fir tree
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The life of a little fir tree who, when discarded, recalls with nostalgia its two glorious moments--being a beautiful fir and being a brightly-lit Christmas tree.
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A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships alone in order to save her beloved brothers from the spell.
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Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant chaperon Sebastian...
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"A lost princess knocks on a castle door ... and soon falls in love with the prince who lives there. But will the princess pass the queen's test? Set in Russia, with beautiful illustrations from Dinara Mirtalipova, this is the story of the princess and the pea!"--Back cover.
77) Thumbelina
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Thumbelina thinks she is the only tiny person in the whole world but when she meets Prince Cornelius, the prince of the fairies, she knows she has found true love. But one night while sleeping, she is snatched from her bed and taken on a harrowing journey where she meets Mrs. Toad and Mr. Beetle, who want to make her a star. While Thumbelina struggles to find a way home to her prince, she learns who her true friends are, the consequences of fame....
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Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid who is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father's order to stay away from the world above the sea, she swims to the surface and, in a raging storm, rescues Prince Eric, the man of her dreams. Determined to be human, she strikes a bargain with the devious sea witch, Ursula, and trades her fins and beautiful voice for legs. With her best friend Flounder, and her reluctant chaperon Sebastian...
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Generations of readers have been enchanted by the whimsical fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. His stories come to life in this unabridged collection of twelve stories, including The little mermaid, The ugly duckling, The princess and the pea, and Thumbelina. All-new and originall illustrations and exclusive interactive elements from design studio MinaLima create an enchanted literary adventure for all ages.