Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen

Ken Setterington, Nelly Hofer, Ernst Hofer

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Tundra Books
15 May 2011

Traditional stories (Children's&YA)

Gerda and Kay are the best of friends. They live across an alley from each other and happily chat, play, and tend their lovely rose garden. The children are happy until tragedy strikes Kay. His eye and heart are pierced with fragments of a mirror, and the loving boy Gerda knew vanishes. The Snow Queen has put him under her spell and taken him to her palace of snow and ice. It is up to Gerda to find him and bring him home to the love that awaits him.

In this timeless storybook, Ken Setterington has captured the haunting beauty of the classic tale of love's ability to conquer the coldest, most damaged heart. The book is illustrated with the delicate traditional cut paper art of scherenschnitt, which Hans Christian Andersen himself practiced.

Illustrated by: Nelly Hofer, Ernst Hofer
Retold by: Ken Setterington
Imprint: Tundra Books
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 187mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9780887764974
ISBN 10: 0887764975
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 15 May 2011
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , English as a second language , Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Storyteller and librarian Ken Setterington was born in Toronto. He worked with CUSO in Nigeria for two years and now is the Children and Youth Advocate for Toronto Library Services. He was honored by the Association of Canadian Publishers as the Outstanding Public Librarian for the year 2000. The Snow Queen is his first book. Nelly and Ernst Hofer learned the folk art of scherenschnitt in their native Switzerland. They live on a dairy farm in Perth County, Ontario with their two children. Their first book was Silent Night- The Song from Heaven by Linda Granfield.

Reviews for Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen

** 'In a brave, perceptive book, Alagiah raises important questions and adds his experienced voice to a complex debate' DAILY EXPRESS ** 'Alagiah's experiences give him a unique overview ... His argument is very persuasive' SUNDAY TIMES ** 'Courageous, controversial, compassionate' DAILY MAIL ** 'Part memoir, part political treatise ... already notorious for its challenge to multiculturalism' GUARDIAN