Hans Christian Andersen Books In Order
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The Traveling Companion | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Claus and Big Claus | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Princess and the Pea | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thumbelina | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tinderbox | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Naughty Boy | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Ida's Flowers | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Mermaid | (1836) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Emperor's New Clothes | (1837) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Storks | (1838) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wild Swans | (1838) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Galoshes of Fortune | (1838) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Steadfast Tin Soldier | (1838) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flying Trunk | (1839) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Garden of Paradise | (1839) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Rose Elf | (1839) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Swineherd | (1841) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ole Lukoie | (1841) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ugly Duckling | (1843) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sweethearts | (1843) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Angel | (1843) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nightingale | (1843) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fir-Tree | (1844) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Snow Queen | (1844) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bell | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Elf Mound | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Match Girl | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jumpers | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Shoes | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Old House | (1847) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dream of Little Tuk and Other Tales | (1847) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Shadow | (1847) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Happy Family | (1847) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of a Mother | (1847) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Goblin and the Grocer | (1852) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
It's Quite True! | (1852) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blockhead Hans / Clumsy Hans / Silly Hans / Jack the Dullard | (1855) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Philosopher's Stone | (1858) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf | (1859) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What the Old Man Does is Always Right | (1861) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Snow Man | (1861) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ice-Maiden | (1861) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Teapot | (1863) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Treasure | (1865) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Most Incredible Thing | (1870) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tallow Candle | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Improvisatore, or, Life in Italy | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
O. T. | (1836) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Only a Fiddler! | (1837) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Two Baronesses | (1848) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucky Peer | (1857) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Be, Or Not to Be? | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
The Complete Fairy Tales | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Young Reading 1 Books
Rapunzel | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stories of Merlin | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Ghosts | (1832) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Story of Chocolate | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Billy Goats Gruff | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Elves and the Shoemaker | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Mermaid | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories Of Ponies | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Fairies | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Unicorns | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rumplestiltskin | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Pirates | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Magical Animals | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Knights | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Witches | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Princes and Princesses | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Mermaids | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dinosaurs Next Door | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Robots | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Monster Gang | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pirate Adventures | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Dinosaurs | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Haunted Houses | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Snowmen | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Burglars Breakfast | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Monsters | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Emperor's New Clothes | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cinderella | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wooden Horse | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hansel & Gretel | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saint George And The Dragon | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Runaway Princess | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wooden Horse | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Minotaur | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of Pegasus | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas Around the World | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hansel and Gretel | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories of Dragons | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aladdin and His Magical Lamp | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleeping Beauty | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nutcracker | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Puss in Boots | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jack and the Beanstalk | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Twelve Dancing Princesses | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Icarus, The Boy Who Flew Too High | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator Books
Tales from Africa | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ugly Duckling | (1843) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Match Girl | (1845) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | (1894) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Education of Henry Adams | (1918) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Early Autumn | (1927) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Flowering of New England | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lolita | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rabbit, Run | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventures of Spider | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year Around Book | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Traveling Frog | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Book of Shapes & Sizes | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Clock Museum | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kostas the Rooster | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Babushka and the Pig | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Porcupine and the Tiger | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cora Annett's Homerhenry | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The King's Ditch | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Planet of Junior Brown | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Femi and Old Grandaddie | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
JD | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kasho and the Twin Flutes. | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prince Littlefoot | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mickey and Minny | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Great Minu | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roots of Time | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Song of the Trees | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wuthering Heights | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yagua Days | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Winthrop Covenant | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gulliver's Travels | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Selected plays | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
History of Tom Jones a Founding | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tonweya and the Eagles | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
These Thirteen | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Adventures of Spider | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Count on Your Fingers African Style | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Covenant | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jahdu | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rabbit Redux | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Apples On A Stick | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Patchwork Quilt | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Half a Moon and One Whole Star | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mirandy and Brother Wind | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Lion of Zion Street | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Tales of Uncle Remus | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Talking Eggs | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turtle in July | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Home Place | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pretend You're a Cat | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In for Winter, Out for Spring | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Their Eyes Were Watching God | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
David's Songs | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Back Home | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Drylongso | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Starlit Somersault Downhill | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Want to Be | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Shoes for Silvia | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sunday Outing | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
John Henry | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jungle Book | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tanya's Reunion | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sam and the Tigers | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hired Hand | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Journeys with Elijah | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aesop's Fables | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goin' Someplace Special | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Noah's Ark | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nightingale | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
God Bless the Child | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Old African | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moon Over Star | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweethearts of Rhythm | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Starlit Snowfall | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The First Adventures of Spider | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Plain Sight | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Christmas Boot | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Home in the Barn | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Mermaid | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Walk in the Woods | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Spells of Enchantment | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Anthology of Love and Romance | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Very Scandinavian Christmas: The Greatest Nordic Holiday Stories of All Time | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author of fairy tales, novelist, poet, and dramatist. He was born on 2 April 1805 and died on 4 August 1875. He is remembered for his unique and outstanding fairy tales.
His work, the 168 Tales, has a pearl of mature wisdom and is popular among young readers. Most of Andersen’s stories have a folk, legendary origin, and symbolic significance. His work is not only for children; his stories express themes surpassing age and nationality.
Andersen’s fairy tales have been translated into 125 languages and culturally implanted in the West’s collective consciousness. Even though the stories are designed for the young audience, parenting lessons on resilience and virtue are also present.
His famous works include The Ugly Duckling, the Nightingale, and The Little Mermaid. His tales range from 1835 to 1872. Most of his work has been adapted into animated films and plays.
The Ugly Duckling’ story starts when the duck’s egg hatches. Other birds and animals on the farm see the duckling as ugly creatures and start throwing all kinds of physical and verbal abuse. He walks around embarrassed and soon leaves the barnyard and chooses to live with wild ducks and geese.
Escaping an instance where his life was in danger after the hunters slaughtered the entire flock, the duckling went to live with an old lady and her cat; he finds comfort in their home. However, before long, her hen and cat start making fun of him, and he decides to return to the wilderness since he can’t lay eggs like the hen.
He had started missing the green wilderness, the sunlight, and the fresh air. He also missed swimming, and when the cat and the old lady started joking about him, the duckling saw no reason to stay.
While wandering around, the duckling spots a flock of migrating wild swans; for once, he feels excited. However, he can’t join them since he is too young and can’t fly.
When winter comes, a farmer finds him and carries the young duckling home, but he starts feeling frightened by the farmer’s loud and noisy children and decides to escape the home. The little duckling spends the freezing season outside, mostly hiding in a cave near a partially frozen lake.
Paddling around, he tries to keep the water flowing in the partly frozen lake. He even got stuck in the ice at one point until one kind farmer came to his rescue.
The Ugly Duckling, grown and mature, finds it hard to live a solitary life filled with hardship, so he mixes with the flock of swans. She feels it’s better to be killed but the beautiful birds than live a life full of misery and ugliness.
To his surprise, the swans give him a warm welcome, and after looking at his reflection in the water, he realizes that he has been a swan and not a duckling all along. As the flock goes up the sky, the beautiful swan, for the first time, spreads his large wings and flies with the rest of the family.
The Ugly Duckling has been a favorite novel for most children for decades, and the new adaptation brings it triumphantly to the new reader generation. The author does an amazing job of capturing the essence of the story’s timeless aspect.
The adventures of the little bird as he encounters hunters and harsh weather is a survival story reminding and encouraging the reader to always be patient in life.
The little duckling was never accepted everywhere he went until he met those of his kind. No animal wanted to be associated with him; instead, they teased and laughed at him.
After setting off on his own, time passes, winter comes, and he must endure the strong wind and snow. Her grew thinner and thinner, and he became sadder by the day.
The story majorly portrays pain, humor, compassion, and triumph beautifully. It focuses on how painful and hard sometimes it can be to find inner beauty, especially when everyone around you is judging one’s outside appearance.
The Little Match Girl is a tale of a poor young girl trading matches for money near a rich man’s home.
The story begins during a cold new year’s Eve, as a poor young girl strives to sell matches in the street. She is trembling due to cold and early hypothermia as she walks barefoot after losing her slippers. She fears going home since her father will punish her for not selling matches. She also knows that the cracks in their house will not keep the cold wind from penetrating.
The girl sits in an alley, lighting the matches to warm herself. As the sparks glow, she can see some amazing visions, including a stove and a holiday feast. She can see a goose almost jumping at her and a Christmas tree bigger than she saw at the rich man’s house.
As the girl looks into the sky, she can see a shooting star, and at that moment, she remembers her late grandmother telling her that a falling star is a sign that someone is dying and going to Heaven. While lighting the next match, the girl sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person who treated her with love.
In order to keep her grandmother’s vision alive, the girl lights the entire bunch of matches at a go. After she runs out of matches, the child dies and feels her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. The following day, the passers-by find the girl dead in the alley, frozen with a smile on her face. They pretend to show pity for her even when they never cared about her when she was alive.
Too bad they can’t find out about the beautiful visions she saw before dying and how she and her grandmother are celebrating the new year in Heaven gloriously. The author puts on the readers’ sympathy for the poor little girl by contrasting the chill weather against her silent wish for a good meal eaten by the rich kids.
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