The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Content:
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen 
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Illustrator:
Marcia Brown
Original title:
Standhaftige tinsoldat
Original author:
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Original language:
Danish
Translator:
M.R. James
Publication:
1953 by Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales, Picture Books
Pages:
40
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This is a favorite among Hans Andersen's stories. Children enjoy it first for its story of the adventures of a tin soldier, and his love for the little dancer. As they grow older the meaning of the story is deeper. Finally adults see in it things children do not.
Marcia Brown has illustrated the story with much feeling. The lovely blue-violet of the background gives it another-world, spiritual quality, yet it has also strength and vitality.
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Marcia Brown
1918 - 2015American
Marcia Brown has twice won the Caldecott Medal (for Cinderella and Once a Mouse...) and six of her books have been Caldecott Hon... See more
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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