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Title: The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Samantha Easton, Michael Montgomery, H. C. Standhaftige Tinsoldat Andersen ISBN: 0-8362-4929-1 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic tale, well told
Comment: This book tells the classic tale of the one-legged tin soldier who falls in love with a paper ballerina. The soldier suffers a series of misadventures, including being placed at the helm of a doomed paper boat, being chased by a rat, and swallowed by a fish. It's a wonderful tale that will hold older children spellbound. The illustrations are delightful. All told, the book has about 2000 words.
Rating: 5
Summary: THIS STORY MADE ME CRY AS A CHILD
Comment: A little boy had a set of tin soldiers that were made from a melted spoon. One soldier was missing a leg because there was not enough metal left over from the melted spoon.
Tossed aside by the boy, the one-legged soldier sees a paper cut out figure of a ballerina. She is poised on one leg and he feels an instant bond. He has found another one-legged toy and believes this to be love.
The steadfast tin soldier has a series of mishaps. He falls off the window sill into a stream. From there, he is transported to a rat infested sewer. He is swallowed by a fish and through an unlikely stroke of luck, winds up back in the boy's playroom with the other toys and the ballerina.
The ending is what gets to me every single time. A gust of wind lifts the paper ballerina up and she flutters into the fire place, winding up a charred heap of ashes. Devastated, the tin soldier joins her. The remaining metal that was once the tin soldier is a charred piece of heart shaped metal.
I still think this is a very sad story. The photographs really emphasize the feeling this story evokes.
Rating: 5
Summary: great book!
Comment: I taught 1st grade for 4 years and all of the teachers in my grade passed this book around at Christmas to read to our class. I cried everytime I read it. It has a wonderful message and my kids in my classroom always loved it! I have now (finally) purchased my own copy of this book to read to my little girl. It is a classic and I know she will love it as much as I do. Every home should have this book to read at Christmastime.
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Title: The Little Match Girl by Rachel Isadora, Hans Christian Andersen ISBN: 0399213368 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Juv Pub. Date: September, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen, Eve Tharlet, Rosemary Lanning ISBN: 0735817014 Publisher: North South Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, Jerry Pinkney ISBN: 068815932X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 24 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, Malcolm Arthur, Fred Marcellino ISBN: 0374361606 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky, Jacob W. Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm ISBN: 0525442650 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: October, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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