First two titles in a new series of best-loved Hans Christian Andersen stories, now in the Orchard Fairy Tales format. Each book contains two stories: THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL / THE WILD SWANS THUMBELINA / THE TIN SOLDIERS These direct, accessible retellings by Andrew Matthews are pacy and full of humour, and ideal for 7-9 year olds. Forming a useful teaching resource of traditional tales, they are perfectly complemented by Peter Bailey's classic can humorous illustrations.

 

This book features in the following series: Hans Andersen, Orchard Fairy Tales .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Peter Bailey has been illustrating books for more than thirty-five years and has worked with many of today's best known authors, including Philip Pullman, Allan Ahlberg, Michael Morpurgo and Joan Aiken. He lives near Liverpool with his wife, Sian, who is also an illustrator.