The story is a biography on Hans Christian Andersen. It tells us about him as a boy and how much he loved to act out different stories. He was never bored and his imagination was running wild with stories such as, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and many many more. His stories later became an important part of children's literature. Some of his influences were his grandfather who motivated him to pursue his stories onto paper. The illustrator Dennis Nolan created a fantasy scene that children of ten and up will enjoy. The author Jane Yolen portrayed Hans Christian Andersen as a odd fellow who grew up in a time when there was no television. If you would like to see how the story ends, I suggest you read it. Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Perfect Wizard Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen Illustrated by Dennis Nolan
The story is a biography on Hans Christian Andersen. It tells us about him as a boy and how much he loved to act out different stories. He was never bored and his imagination was running wild with stories such as, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and many many more. His stories later became an important part of children's literature. Some of his influences were his grandfather who motivated him to pursue his stories onto paper. The illustrator Dennis Nolan created a fantasy scene that children of ten and up will enjoy. The author Jane Yolen portrayed Hans Christian Andersen as a odd fellow who grew up in a time when there was no television. If you would like to see how the story ends, I suggest you read it. 
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This book sounds like it would be fun to read! I think that this is great to use for children to encourage then to use their imagination! I would love to read this book! This book could be used in many different ways, maybe even teaching children that you can never be bored with an imagination!
ReplyDeleteDenise, What an engaging description you've provided! This made me want to read the book. I think it's really cool to learn about the author whose stories have shaped us all. Thanks!
ReplyDeletewhen you were presenting this book, i automatically made a connection with it, just as you did. i really like this book. it clearly explains, with just enough detail, who hans christian andersen was and what he did. i would surely have this book in my classroom and encourage my students to read it.
ReplyDeleteI personally have never heard of Hans Christian Andersen by name, although I know of his work. This book sounds extremely interesting. I would love to read this to a class and give a lesson about imagination. There would be a great amount of activities you could do with this book.
ReplyDeleteThis book could be used to talk about imagination, but I personally would use it for an activity to teach about writing stories like his grandfather taught him to do.
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