Hans Christian Anderson wrote some of the most amazing stories in the Fairy Tale Genre. I couldn't read this book because of my bed connection but any story of Hans is good. His story is great and tragic so I say enjoy when you purchase.

This book was well-written, and the illustration is amazing! I would be happy to buy the real book after this e-ARC (thanks NetGalley and the publisher!)

I never really read anything about Andersen so this book was very informative ina creative way.

This book has beautiful illustrations and the text is so uplifting but it's long (57 pages). That's a long book for elementary students. I'm not sure many children would choose to read this book, although it is a very interesting biography.

A gorgeous and wonderful story recounting Hans Christian Anderson's life. Its a great read for kids to learn about this great author and the formatting is easy to read. The art style in this book is very charming and beautiful. Overall, a great read for kids illustrating the life of Hans Christian Anderson in a easy and enjoyable way.

An incredibly enchanting and well-composed book for children that had me hooked from the first page until the very last. Highly recommended.

This is a gorgeous book - recounting the life story of the famous fairy tale author Hans Christian Anderson. I think it’s a great way to introduce little kids to this author and his works ... and the illustrations are amazing ,🌟🌟

When you've grown up watching or reading Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling, Little Mermaid you certainly have heard of Hand Christian Anderson. But even with the advent of the internet you have never really wanted to discover the author behind your childhood heroes. The author remained shrouded in mystery probably for the lack of an older adult searching him out. As such this beautifully illustrated fictionalised biography comes handy. Translated by North South Books into English and illustrated by Maja Kasetelic, this is one book I would be sure to share with the next generation in the hope they see the ‘magic’ behind the fairytales we grew up with.

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Before I even start, the illustrations are W-O-W!! I am blown away by how pretty this book is! Especially the flying goose, that was cool.

Okay, to the review:

This is a great, little non-fiction book about Hans Christian Anderson's life. There's lots of still frames coloured beautifully, in what looks like water colour, to showcase Hans' life. He tells his story to a little girl in a trolley, and it whisks them away to his adventure. The fairy tales he tells are full of colour and wonder, lighting up the page.

I think this is a unique and absolutely marvellous way to tell a story. I'm super intrigued and honestly adored it! It's fantastic and I highly recommend both kids and adults alike pick it up. It's a gem!

Five out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and North South Books for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

A fascinating and beautiful picture book about the life of Hans Christian Andersen! In the story Andersen tells a little girl about his life and how stories and imagination helped him survive truly difficult circumstances. I was captivated by this book and his life story! I would recommend this for early elementary school aged children as it's somewhat long.

Thank you NetGalley and NorthSouth Books for providing this ARC.

AM ENCHANTED BY THIS BOOK!!!
Always love full colored books, but this one is a biography book. Am not a big fans of one, nevertheless presented as a comic book, with not as much as text, this one is interesting. Please do make time to read Hans C Andersen's life through this book, I really enjoyed it, and I believe you will too.

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this was really cute and i really enjoyed it!! the illustrations were amazing and i could see many people loving this :)

This would be excellent to read alongside a collection of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. The author did an excellent job of presenting facts of Andersen's life within his own fictional and fantastical story. This would be a great addition to a school or personal library.

Although I haven't read autobiography of Hans Christian Andersen this is one particular book that encourages me to learn more about the man who has brought us a bunch of singular and well-known fairy tales.

This book is a graphic novel that explores the basic milestones of this famous author by setting him in a shared coach along with a mother and her young but curious child. As a result of him being questioned, Andersen explores his life by comparing it and its numerous similarities to the elements that some of his fairy tale protagonists have to deal with.

The writing is simple to understand, explores the life of an interesting man and also explores some concepts that may be confusingly complex. It allows the reader to also be able to put themselves into the world of Andersen and to see how fairy tales aren't just for the young but a story whose own similarities can be seen in our own lives as well even if we are only using them to mirror back others as well.

The story includes a nice biographical page at the end about Andersen for those who may be interested to further learn about him while mentioning his autobiography called "The Fairy Tale of My Life" for those who are interested.

What I really enjoyed about this, though, was the coloring palettes of the book. While he was talking about his own life the color palette was a bit on the dull and natural side. But when he started to tell his own story or relate the fairy tales the colors were bright and full of suggestions to all kinds of his famous tales although sadly "The Little Mermaid" wasn't mentioned in the telling. The only complaint I had for the illustrations was the fact that the illustration insisted upon sharp triangular long noses for all the characters.

All in all it was a great introduction to one of the greatest authors that we have had in the fantasy world and one that would surely intrigue fairy tale fans no matter the age.

**Please note I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review**

I requested and received an e-ARC from Heinz Janisch and North South Books Inc. through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Wow, what a beautiful and poignant story about the life of Hans Christian Anderson. I have always enjoyed reading Mr. Andersen’s fairy tales, they were some of my favorite stories as a child. I must admit that I did not know a lot about the life of Hans Christian Andersen. Thank you for writing this beautiful book and sharing the fairy tale journey of how a cobbler’s son became an internationally recognized writer.

I enjoyed the telling through the illustrations of Hans telling a young girl how he grew up and mentions of the stories he wrote. The illustrations are really nice - a grayer colour for his childhood and bright colours for him talking and the mentions of stories.

As a fan of Hans Christian Anderson I thoroughly loved this book and the illustrations.

I can't wait to be able to buy for my nieces and nephews

The illustrations alone in the book are lovely. In this book Elsa is riding in a coach with her mother and riding with them is Hans Christian Andersen. Hans tells the little girl about about his life, the fairy tales he has written, and about magic in the world. I enjoyed learning about Hans Christian Andersen in the book and following the story with the illustrations made it that much more enjoyable.

I liked this book about the life of Hans Christian Anderson. The illustrations were lovely and his story was told in a child friendly way.

We are devoted fans of Hans Christian Andersen here in our homeschool. My children have read through his original collection of short stories for children (translated to English, of course) and they loved this beautifully illustrated picture book when we read it together.

The illustrator has created the most fanciful depictions of Andersen’s fairytales throughout the book. What a delight for children when they are able to identify and match the tale with the illustration!

I have read many picture books about Hans Christian Andersen and I felt this one was unique in that it wasn’t a typical biography about him but rather a staged interaction between the great maestro and a curious, imaginative little girl. There is also a graphic novel feel to the picture book, as the narrative is told through dialogue. I feel it was a successfully done picture book - engaging, entertaining, and educational.

Thank you to NetGalley and NorthSouth Books for supplying a review copy of this book.

Hans Christian Andersen: The Journey of His Life by Heinz Janisch, 56 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL. NorthSouth Books, 2020. $19.
Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
On her way to Copenhagen with her mother, seven-year-old Elsa asks the man in their carriage a simple question. She learns that the man’s name is Hans and that he writes fairy tales. Elsa asks him to tell her a story, and Hans starts to tell her about a boy who learned how to fly.
Janisch cleverly tells the story of Hans Christian Andersen by having Hans himself tell his story to a child, a role that Hans was adept with in life. As Hans tells his story, hope is given to each reader that, no matter our trials, we can find fairy tale qualities in our lives, too. The wonderful illustrations masterfully blur the lines between reality and fairy tale throughout the story, and they are my favorite part of the book.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen