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CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD

Written by Jean Chapman
Illustrated by Sandra Laroche
Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1987
ISBN: 034041930X

CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Sandra Laroche.
Stock no. 714601
1st. 1987. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Hans Christian Andersen. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine. B/w silhouette illustrations. ISBN: 034041930X. Lower edges and corners rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge creased.

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Front cover

Cover of CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD by Jean Chapman

Contents

  • Part 1 - Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Exact and Proper, the Magical Time
  • The Loving Years
  • Three Hans
  • Crane Boy
  • Copenhagen Dream
  • Fickle Fame
  • No one Will Read What You Write
  • Odense Illuminated
  • Part 2 - Selected Stories With Notes
  • The Princess and the Pea
  • Thumbelina
  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • The Swineherd
  • The Ugly Duckling
  • The Top and the Ball
  • The Nightingale
  • It's Absolutely True
  • Klod Hans
  • What Father Does is Always Right
  • Further Reading