The Red Shoes

by Hans Christian Andersen and Hans Schmidt

Book Overview

A children's story book about Karen, a little girl, and the red shoes, written by Hans Andersen, with color pictures. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879085569
• ISBN13: 9781879085565
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Illustrations!

Wonderful illustrations! A beautiful addition to any child's library of fairy tales.

The Red Shoes

This retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairytale is well done. It is the story of a girl who becomes obssessed with owning a pair of beautiful red dancing shoes with long silk ribbons. Her grandmother refuses to buy them, claiming they are not practical. Yet she thinks of nothing else and saves up all her money, until finally they are hers. However, the girl soon finds out the consequences of possessing the red shoes. The ending of the story has changed from the original---which was the girl amputated her feet to get the shoes off. The ending of this version is more suitable for younger readers. The illustrations in the book are quite lovely and detailed, especially the facial expressions of the young girl and the suspicious old shoemaker. I enjoyed it a lot.