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The Little Mermaid: Classic Tales


Classic Tales

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No. of pages 64

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Great for age 12-18 years
In this Hans Christian Andersen story the Little Mermaid swims too close to the shore and her life is changed forever. Will she ever be able to return home, and, more importantly, does she want to?

 

This book features in the following series: Classic Fairy Tales, Classic Tales .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Plurus Books .

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his writing down of many timeless, classic fairy tales. He is Denmark's most famous author and his birthday is celebrated every year with a part called "Odin Story Day". Francesca Rossi has illustrated numerous children's books for White Star, including Who's Afraid of Witches? , Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? , Classic Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault , Classic Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm , Little Women , Gulliver's Travels , Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , and Around the World in Eighty Days .

This book contains the following story:

The Little Mermaid
Deep, deep down in the sea lived the sea king and queen and their brood of mermaid daughters. When each child turned sixteen she was allowed to visit the surface of the sea and look out upon the human world. One by one each girl came of age, but having satisfied their curiosity, each agreed that their sea world was more enchanting than the world above the sea. Until the time came for the youngest princess to visit the seas surface, whereupon she saw a ship filled with beautiful people having a party and gazed upon the most handsome of all, a young prince. The youngest mermaid watched all day but then as evening drew in, a storm erupted tossing the ship this way and that. The handsome young prince was thrown into the sea and would have drowned but for the plucky young mermaid who rescued him. Scared of being discovered, the little mermaid left the unconscious prince on the beach where he was found by a lovely young woman. The prince believed that it was the young woman who had rescued

This book is in the following series:

Classic Tales

Classic Fairy Tales

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