Hans Christian Andersen The Journey of His Life

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If you like, Ill tell you the story of a boy who learned to fly. Through an enchanted conversation with a young girl in a horse-drawn coach, Hans Christian Andersen shares his life struggles, dreams, and triumphs whose threads can be found woven into his greatest stories. He tells her about the fairy tale of his life and how the son of a shoemaker became a celebrated writer. Heinz Janisch paints a sensitive portrait of Andersen and his literary work. Maja Kastelic has developed a well-suited illustration concept for this story that combines sumptuous art of a picture book with elements of a graphic novel. Thus, for the first time, H. C. Andersen life and work become a fascinating collage in picture book form. A moving, inventive story about the life of Hans Christian Andersen.

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