The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1847. In some ways, it is Andersen’s darkest tale. The character ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle who wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives. Its recent discovery has sent ...

Sir Roger Moore and some of today’s top actors have teamed up to create a new educational app called Giving Tales. GivingTales features short animated versions of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales ...

The H.C. Andersen House is open to the public on a limited basis in the writer’s hometown of Odense, Denmark. The H.C. Andersen House in Odense, Denmark. Photo: Laerke Beck Johansen. Artnet News ...

A newly discovered Hans Christian Andersen letter reveals the fairy tale writer never got to have his own "happily ever after." The emotional letter, believed to be written in 1832 when Andersen was ...

Collections of children's classics pay homage to the best of children's literature, folk and fairy tales. Timeless tales continue to thrill each new generation in The Stories of Hans Christian ...

Whether it’s rolling dice to cast a Shakespeare play on the day of the performance or presenting a new work riffing on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, messing with the classics is an important ...

A handful of fall books invite youngsters to gather 'round. Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, trans. by Naomi Lewis, illus. by Joel Stewart, reads like an ode to the writer himself. Lewis gives ...