El Patito Feo

by Hans Christian Andersen

Published 1 January 1971
The new duckling is scorned by everyone because he is different but after a lonely winter he discovers he has grown into a beautiful swan.

Thumbelina

by Hans Christian Andersen

Published 1 January 1900
A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb is stolen by a great ugly toad and subsequently has many adventures and makes many animal friends, before finding the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land.

Two dishonest weavers sell the vain Emperor an invisible suit of clothes.

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.