Originally a musical film that premiered in 1952 starring Danny Kaye, Hans Christian Andersen was nominated for six Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, and for the American Film Institute’s list ...

Today is International Children’s Book Day – chosen to coincide with Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – and we’re looking back at the author’s influence and the significance of ...

Silent footage from the Hans Christian Andersen's story of a tiny girl who encounters many unusual experiences before she finds the home where she really belongs. Thumbelina is taken to live among ...

Keywords Ugly Duckling, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, mother duck, ducklings, loneliness, transformation, swan, acceptance, happiness Email us at [email protected] if you have questions ...

Author David A. Robertson and illustrator Josée Bisaillon have been nominated for the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Known as the “little Nobel,” the biennial awards were established in 1956 to ...

U.K.-based distributor Omega Global Media has boarded Brendan Foley’s Hans Christian Andersen-inspired crime drama “Fairytale Detective.” Each one-hour episode follows Andersen as he solves ...

Nova Scotia illustrator Sydney Smith has won the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, making him the first ever Canadian winner. The biannual award, presented by the ...

There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to, and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a ...

Just as the two left for the castle, their younger brother, named Hans Clodhopper, ran up and resolved to join them. He rode on a billy goat, as their father would not allow him a horse, and soon ...

Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door is a funny and thought-provoking middle-grade novel about the power of stories – especially the ones we tell ourselves. Real life isn’t a fairy tale for Andie ...

Whether it’s rolling dice to cast a Shakespeare play on the day of the performance or presenting a new work riffing on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, messing with the classics is an ...