But a bullying match boy (Golfieri) and his older protector (Johnson again) leave our young heroine coin-less, shoe-less and with damaged stock ... as a story ballet should do. The Little Match Girl ...

Find it on Bookshop. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back is a feminist and proactive retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen ...

All the best festive tales, from A Christmas Carol to It’s A Wonderful Life, come with a distinctly darker side, and The Little Match Girl — Hans ... who steal her shoes and self-respect ...

Two new middle grade novels insist Hans Christian Andersen got it all wrong. From “The Little Match Girl Strikes Back.”Credit...Lauren Child Supported by By Jennifer Howard One might think Han ...

One New Year’s Eve, a poor little girl wandered barefoot through the streets ... The old woman appeared to her with the next match she struck. The girl didn’t want her to disappear and hastily struck ...

The Borealis Chamber Artists are rehearsing for a performance of “The Little Match Girl Passion” that will include dance choreography and benefit Chum. The composition won David Lang the ...

Hans Christian Andersen’s classic Christmas tale “The Little Match Girl” first appeared in print in 1845. Though superficially tragic, this renowned story emphasizes more directly the Match ...