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The Fir-Tree

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Lilli Carré is an artist and animator living in Chicago. She has created three books! The Lagoon ! Tales of Woodsman Pete ! and Nine Ways to Disappear . Her work has appeared on the covers and in the pages of The Best American Comics and Mome . Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet best remembered for his fairy tales! both original and retold! including the beloved classics "Thumbelina!" "The Emperor's New Clothes!" "The Fir Tree!" "The Steadfast Tin Soldier!" "The Princess and the Pea!" "The Red Shoes!" "The Ugly Duckling!" and "The Snow Queen."  Klappentext Lilli Carré! a rising star in the world of comic arts! creates a beautiful graphic adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic Christmas tale! THE FIR TREE. No one is better suited to adapt this sweet and sorrowful tale than Lilli Carre. Creator of THE TALES OF WOODLAND PETE and THE LAGOON! her sensibility grafts beautifully over the antiquated yet quirky tale by the great master Hans Christian Andersen. Zusammenfassung "The Fir Tree" by Hans Christian Andersen! published originally in 1845! follows the life of a young fir tree living in the woods (of all places). Compared to the other trees around him! he feels small! spindly and short! and he constantly utters complaint to any and all woodland creatures within ear shot. Most pointedly! he wonders "when will he truly be alive?" When he sees humans cut down some beautiful trees nearby and then drag them across the snow! he asks the swallows! "Where are they going?" In answer they tell him of all Christmas's splendor and beauty of which those lucky trees will soon be a part. Yet when the time comes for our little fir tree to have his turn! he's taught an unexpected and irreversible lesson. No one is better suited to adapt this sweet and sorrowful tale than Lilli Carre. Creator of The Tales of Woodland Pete and The Lagoon! her sensibility will graft beautifully over the antiquated yet quirky tale by the great master Hans Christian Andersen. ...

Product details

Authors Hans Christian Andersen, Lilli Carre, Lilli Andersen Carre
Assisted by Lilli Carre (Illustration)
Publisher It Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2011
 
EAN 9780061782367
ISBN 978-0-06-178236-7
No. of pages 72
Series HarperEntertainment
HarperEntertainment
Subjects Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: General

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