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Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, Denmark. The author is considered the father of the modern fairy tales. To honor his memory the International Children's Book Day is celebrated on April 2, the birthday of Hans Andersen. International Day. After him is also named the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the most relevant award of children's literature, also known as the Nobel Prize for children's literatureThe tale "The Ugly Duckling" works the idea that there is a place that is right for us. In an offspring of beautiful ducklings, one and just one was too big, too clumsy and too ugly. Andersen, then, ask us to consider that "having being born in a duck yard is irrelevant, when one has come from swan's egg". The original name of the tale is "Den grimme Ælling" and it was first published in 1843.

ISBN-13

9781537587462

ISBN-10

1537587463

Weight

0.12 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 0.07 x 9.00 In

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Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

28 pages

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published On

2016-09-09



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