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. " 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
