Hans Christian Andersen's the Snow Queen (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780887764974)

Gerda and Kay are the best of friends. They live across an alley from each other and happily chat, play, and tend their lovely rose garden. The children are happy until tragedy strikes Kay. His eye and heart are pierced with fragments of a mirror, and the loving boy Gerda knew vanishes. The Snow Queen has put him under her spell and taken him to her palace of snow and ice. It is up to Gerda to find him and bring him home to the love that awaits him.

In this timeless storybook, Ken Setterington has captured the haunting beauty of the classic tale of love's ability to conquer the coldest, most damaged heart. The book is illustrated with the delicate traditional cut paper art of scherenschnitt, which Hans Christian Andersen himself practiced.

Author: Ken Setterington
ISBN-10: 0887764975
ISBN-13: 9780887764974
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.26h x 7.32w x 0.37d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 53723 / Hans Christian Andersen's the Snow Queen


Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 09/01/2000 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 10/09/2000 pg. 90
Booklist 12/15/2000 pg. 815
School Library Journal 03/01/2001 pg. 192
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 315 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 315 - Recommended, Satisfactory