Andersen Fairy Tales

The Writings Of Hans Christian Andersen

The Andersen Fairy Tales were written by Hans Christian Andersen.

I am presenting re-tellings of three of his tales. You will love them as they stick to his original story pretty closely.

You will find Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. These are my absolute favorites, and I hope you enjoy.

These stories were written out of his own experiences, and using his imagination turned those experiences of life into some amazingly magical stories.

Funny enough the works he wanted to be remembered for were not the children's stories. In fact he would argue that these works were just bits of fluff.

He wrote more serious works in his lifetime, but unfortunately for his ego it was the children's Andersen Fairy Tales that would become legendary.

Perhaps he had more of a passion for the kids tales and would not admit it to himself.

I will be presenting some re-tellings of these tales, I enjoy putting them into more modern language so that we can all rediscover them.

The Little Mermaid

The first wonderful tale is The Little Mermaid Fairy Tale , and I hope you enjoy it.

It is the actual tale with a surprising ending.

Particularly, I was amazed at the ending of the Little Mermaid - it is definitely not the Disney version.

The Andersen Fairy Tales version is the original.

Don't get me wrong I love the Disney version of the Little Mermaid and the animation is wonderful.

Really what Disney did is a re-telling or even a Fractured Fairy Tale. They took a story in the public domain and enhanced it and changed some of the ending.

See what you think.

Also I wanted to provide you with these tales so that if there are any budding illustrators out there you should imagine the scenes as you are reading the tale.

Can you see what your illustrations should look like?

Do you want to color?

There are so many free coloring pages on this site, particularly the ones with Mermaids might be of interest.

There are many pretty Princesses to color as well as a whole bunch of Fairies.

So, feel free to explore anywhere - there are endless possibilities.

Thumbelina

The next tale in the list of Andersen Fairy Tales is Thumbelina, one of my favorites from childhood. The magic in this tale still enchants me.

The images brought to my mind throughout are colorful and perfectly illustrate my image of fairy land.

Itching to draw them?

There are so many wonderful drawings to be created, and I have a whole wonderful section about how to draw, and I mean it - you can draw anything you want with some practice.

I have a page on drawing a horse, and another page that takes you step by step through some basics of drawing fairies.

If you click on the image to the right you can go to my more advanced guide to learn to really draw fairies.

The Ugly Duckling

The last of the re-tellings is The Ugly Duckling and it has been a classic for generations.

Art of Fairy Tales

I cannot help but want to create the art found in fairy tales. The Fairy realm and all the characters from it just call me, so explore the site and find all my imaginings so far.

There are many other Coloring Pages, where you will find mermaids like the Little Mermaid, and cute little animals like the ones found in the Andersen Fairy Tales.

If you are involved in paper art crafts like Card Making and Scrapbooking you never know what fairies, mermaids, princesses and dragons you might find there.

Even my Paper Dolls have a fairy theme.

For fun check out my new Dress Up Games section.

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