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Author: Hans Christian Andersen ,
Diane Vanden Hoven ,
George Zarr ,
Noelle Dupuis
Publisher: Design Sound Productions
Imprint: Design Sound Productions
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 16.50cm
Weight: 0.059kg
ISBN: 9798874709945
Publication Date: 12 March 2024
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) was born in Odense, Denmark. The son of a poor shoemaker, who nonetheless was a great reader, made a toy theater for his son and taught him to notice every natural wonder as they walked in the woods together on Sundays. His father died when he was 11, and it wasn't until six years later that, with the help of a patron, he finally went to a state secondary school attended by much younger children. There he suffered at the hands of a cruel headmaster, but he acquired an education and was determined to be a writer. He published his first novel and his first fairy tales in 1835; thereafter he wrote over 150 more of these stories which have become classics in many languages.Although he originally addressed his fairy tales to children (and some would maintain he had a streak of childhood in his nature) he insisted they were ""for all ages,"" and the gentleness and humor that are their characteristics are recognized by everyone. Diane Vanden Hoven is a Canadian playwright whose credits include This above All, winner of Theatre BC's National Playwriting Competition, and The Twisted Land, which received an honorable mention in the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition. Her works have been featured across Canada. George Zarr is an award-winning audio dramatist currently based in Chicago. He is the producer, writer, director, and composer of the Hans Christian Andersen musical The Bell, the four-part comedy Hurry! Hurry! It's Almost Christmas, the mystery collection Dark of the Moon Inn, and the Western comedy musical serial Hoofbeats in My Heart, all four available from Blackstone Publishing. Noelle Dupuis is an accomplished voice actor and audiobook narrator based in Ontario, Canada. Some of the titles she has voiced for Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre include Snow White, Cinderella, A Christmas Carol, Bambi, A Life In the Woods, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and Alice Through the Looking Glass. Noelle's production company, The First Noelle Productions, also produced full-cast dramatizations of The Bell, The Spirit of Christmas Day, and Hurry! Hurry! It's Almost Christmas! Blackstone Publishing distributes all these titles.
