Hans Th. Andersen Books

From the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen. The Emperor loves fine clothes. One day two crooks offer to make him some magical clothes that can only be seen by the wise. The Emperor parades through the city. No-one admits that they can't see the clothes, until a little child speaks out. The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

The perilous adventures of a toy soldier who loves a paper dancing girl culminates in tragedy for both of them.

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. This book is abundantly illustrated with more than 100 hundred drawings and colour plates by Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner, two of Hans Christian Andersen's best-known illustrators.