Millstone Education:
World Literature

Two children reading books

This Literature Unit Is:

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Anderson

Introduction

Hans Christian Anderson wrote many of our best-loved children's stories: "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" to name only two. He was born in Denmark in 1805. This unit covers "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Little Mermaid."

Edition I Use: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, Puffin Classics
ISBN#: 0140367373 / $4.99 / Buy this edition at Amazon.com
Text of "The Emperor's New Clothes" on-line at Project Gutenberg
Text of the "The Little Mermaid" on-line here.

Unit Sections:

Discussion Questions Author Quotes
Fact Questions Vocabulary with
Sniffy the Hamster
Links Additional Reading