Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, Denmark. The author is considered the father of the modern fairy tales. To honor his memory the International Children's Book Day is celebrated on April 2, the birthday of Hans Andersen. International Day. After him is also named the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the most relevant award of children's literature, also known as the Nobel Prize for children's literature The tale "The Ugly Duckling" works the idea that there is a place that is right for us. In an offspring of beautiful ducklings, one and just one was too big, too clumsy and too ugly. Andersen, then, ask us to consider that "having being born in a duck yard is irrelevant, when one has come from swan's egg". The original name of the tale is "Den grimme Ælling" and it was first published in 1843.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	September 9, 2016
ISBN13	9781537587462
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	30
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 2 mm · 54 g
Language	English

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