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Había una vez veinticinco soldaditos de plomo todos iguales: uniforme rojo, fusil al hombro y mirada fija. Solo el último era diferente: estaba sobre una sola pierna porque, cuando lo fundieron, el plomo se había terminado. Los niños que los habían recibido de regalo los pusieron todos de pie sobre la mesa.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas...
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Hace mucho tiempo el diablo construyó un espejo mágico que deformaba las cosas: todo lo que era bello se convertía en feo, y todo lo que era feo se convertía en horrendo.
El diablo se divertía mirando el mundo en su espejo mágico, pero un día se rompió y los pedazos cayeron sobre la Tierra.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones...
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This collection, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen was originally published in 1932. It contains many of Hans Christian's best-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming color plates and black and white drawings of Arthur Rackham. The stories include: "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Thumbelina," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Little Match Girl," "The Little Mermaid," and...
5) La sirenita
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The King of the Sea and his daughters the mermaids live together under the crystalline waters of a deep ocean. In order to conquer the heart of a prince, the youngest of the mermaids asks the wicked Witch of the Seas to change her fish tail for two precious legs.
7) Pulgarcita
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El texto sencillo y ilustraciones cautivadoras se emparejan con música hermosa y efectos de sonido divertidos para ayudar a contar el cuento clásico de "Pulgarcita."Cuando una campesina pobre de buen corazón da su última barra de pan a un mendigo, ella obtiene una semilla a cambio. Imagina la sorpresa de la campesina cuando por la mañana aparece una hermosa flor con una jovencita dentro de sus pétalos. La campesina la nombra Pulgarcita. Averigua...
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In a faraway land, perched upon her little nest, Mother Duck waits for her last remaining egg to hatch. When the odd little egg finally breaks open, Mother Duck is shocked to see an ugly duckling staring up at her. Despite its homeliness, Mother Duck adores her awkward child and does her best to protect him. Unfortunately, no one else on the farm wants anything to do with the Ugly Duckling, and he is driven from the farm to fend for himself. Survival,...
10) The Fir Tree
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In "The Fir-Tree" a little tree who is anxious to grow up, fails to appreciate that which happens to him in the moment. After experiencing burning humiliation at being small and insignificant, he is chopped down and decorated for a family's Christmas decorations. Expecting this to be the beginning of a great career, the fir tree is bitterly disappointed when he is discarded after a day and eventually cut into pieces and burned. First published in...
11) The Bell
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In "The Bell" a mysterious distant bell is heard by the inhabitants of a village. Knowing that it is not coming from the village the inhabitants search the forest, but are unable to find the source. A prince and a poor child eventually come to discover the source of the bell is mysterious, old and from nature itself. A parable about the transience of earthly things.
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In "The Story of a Mother" A mother is watching over her sick child, when having briefly closed her eyes, Death comes and takes the child. The mother rushes outside to pursue Death and encounters various spirits who offer conditional advice, including a thorn bush, who takes her heart's blood and a lake which takes her eyes in exchange for passage across it. Finally finding her child in Death's greenhouse, he offers her a terrible choice. First published...
13) The Metal Pig
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Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
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The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well....
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A little boy named Tuk quits his geography studies to help an old woman carry water. Later, when Tuk goes to sleep, he puts the geography book under his pillow in the hopes that it's knowledge will magically be transmitted to his brain. In a dream, the old woman appears and takes him on a tour of all the places he's supposed to have memorized. In the morning, he has learned his geography lessons, though he has no memory of the dream.
16) The Naughty Boy
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In "The Naughty Boy" and old poet welcomes a wet and shivering boy into his home to warm up. It transpires that the boy has an ulterior motive. One involving a bow and arrow. This short tale by Hans Christian Andersen is a meditation on the naughtiness and ubiquity of Cupid.
17) The Snow Man
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Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
18) The Wild Swans
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A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships alone in order to save her beloved brothers from the spell. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally...
19) Buckwheat
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Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
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Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
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