# The Brave Tin Soldier & Other Fairy Tales

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- Book: [The Brave Tin Soldier & Other Fairy Tales](https://www.bookquiver.com/hans-christian-andersen/the-brave-tin-soldier-other-fairy-tales) ([The Brave Tin Soldier & Other Fairy Tales.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hans-christian-andersen/the-brave-tin-soldier-other-fairy-tales.md))
- Authors: [Hans Christian Andersen](https://www.bookquiver.com/hans-christian-andersen)
- Publisher: bbc_digital_audio
- Medium: audio
- Length: 59 min
- Narrated by: David McDonald, Anne-Marie Duff, Derek Jacobi, Penelope Wilton
- ISBN: 978-14-4586-155-5
- Published: 2011-08-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 59 min

## Description

Here are four of Hans Christian Andersen's best-loved short stories, specially adapted for young children and read by some of Britain's most well-known actors. In 'The Brave Tin Soldier', read by David Tennant, a one-legged toy soldier falls in love with a paper ballerina. In 'Thumbelina', read by Anne-Marie Duff, a tiny but beautiful girl grows from a barleycorn which has been enchanted by a witch. In 'The Nightingale', read by Sir Derek Jacobi, an emperor prefers a sparkling mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. And in 'The Ugly Duckling', read by Penelope Wilton, a little bird is called ugly by others until he matures into a beautiful swan.