Usborne Illustrated Story Collections The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor"s New Clothes, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor and the Nightingale ш, The Flying Trunk, The Brave Tin Soldier, The Wild Swans, The Little Fir Tree, The Tinder box, The Snow Queen, About Hans Christian Andersen Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen retold for younger readers. It includes "The Emperor"s New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Snow Queen", "The Princess and the Pea" and other classic stories, as well as a short biography of Hans Christian Andersen. Retold by Anna Milbourne, Gillian Doherty and Ruth Brocklehurst.