The luminous art of three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney transforms the nineteenth-century Danish girl of Andersen's tale into a child plucked straight from America's melting pot, shedding new light on the invisibility of the poor among the prosperous-a circumstance as familiar in Andersen's day as it is in our own.

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ISBN:	9780142301883
Publisher:	Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Language:	English
Age:	5-8
Page Count:	32
Publication Date:	9/23/2002
Size:	11.6 x 8.8 x 0.1 inches
Series:	Picture Puffin Books