Here is a great story to read on New years Eve. It is a bit sad but different perspectives may alter the view on that. It is however a great little tale, even if a little grim.
The Little Match Girl
Hans Christian Anderson
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.
Rated 4.1 on amazon.com
You can also read it for free by clicking this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/hans_christian_andersen/981/
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Yes, that story is much more Grimm than Christian. However, it paints a scene that we know still exists in many parts of the world today — including in America.
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Another beloved classic! Happy new year, Abby Lou.
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I read this book many many years ago. I must have been 10 or something like that. I still remember the tears I shed while reading this tale. I might revisit this title. Great choice! Happy New Year 🙂
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I remember a teacher reading this out loud to us in first or second grade. I don’t remember what version it was as it was one story in a huge fairy tale book that she read from. I do remember that this story was the first one I remember that made me emotional!
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Such a lovely story! I read it as a child 🙂
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I remember this story from my childhood. Hans Christian Anderson’s stories still resonate today. I had the opporuntiy to find out about the writer, when I visited Odense in Denmark where he was born. I had no comprehesion of the challenges he faced in his own life.
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