Hans Christian Andersen\'s classic tale is beautifully adapted by Caldecott Honor illustrator Jerry Pinkney.
A] beautifully illustrated version of a classic tale.( Booklist , starred review).
The luminous art of three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney transforms the nineteenth-century Danish Girl of Andersen\'s tale into a child plucked straight from America\'s melting pot, shedding new light on the invisibility of the poor among the prosperous-a circumstance as familiar in Andersen\'s day as it is in our own.
Full-color illustrations.
Plucking a Danish Girl from America\'s 19th century melting pot, this adaptation sheds new light on the invisibility of the poor among the prosperous--a circumstance as familiar in Andersen\'s day as today.
Hans Christian Andersen\'s classic tale is beautifully adapted by Caldecott Honor illustrator Jerry Pinkney
