Thumbelina: Tiny Runaway Bride
by:
Barbara Ensor (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375839603 (0375839607)
Publish date: May 13th 2008
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
I love Hans Christian Andersen's stories, but his poor little girls are like delicate figurine studies in pathos: they're exquisite, but not very much like people. In this book, Ensor takes his character Thumbelina and retells the story from her point of view. Here, Thumbelina is a full and interest...
This was a really fun version of Thumbelina. Written almost modern as though through the eyes of Thumbalina herself as a pre teen. A cute idea.