The Little Match Girl -- Hans Christian Andersen, Paperback

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)

Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 09/23/2002
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 11.56h x 8.83w x 0.08d
ISBN: 9780142301883
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 34824 / Little Match Girl


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 09/23/2002 pg. 75
Publishers Weekly 09/23/2002

About the Author
Rachel Isadora began dancing at the age of eight. She trained at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and has danced professionally. Rachel lives in New York City with her family.

Rachel Isadora has illustrated many books set in the world of dance and theater, including Opening Night, My Ballet Class, Swan Lake, The Little Match Girl, and Ben's Trumpet, which received the Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award.

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