Andersen’s Fairy Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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Publisher Description
This is Book 7, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.
[Text Information]
Readability | 82.92
Total word count | 31798
Words beyond 1500 | 1788
Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.62
Unknown headword occurrence | 3.71
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 95
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 268
[Synopsis]
Hans Christian Andersen (1805 –1875) was a Danish author. He is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen’s fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.
This book include some of his most famous fairy tales, including “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Nightingale”, “The Ugly Duckling”, and so on.
Anderson’s fairy tales have been adapted into ballets, films and plays and are popular throughout the world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, edited and illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger, trans. by Anthea Bell, originally published in 1991, includes three additional stories, and its new design matches Zwerger's Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. The 11 tales include the familiar ("The Little Match Girl") and the lesser-known ("The Sandman"). Zwerger's signature watercolors come alive in full-page illustrations elegantly and simply framed in a band of white. From grief-stricken Thumbeline leaning over the dead swallow to the self-deluded, nearly naked emperor admiring himself vainly in the mirror, the artwork conveys a range of emotions. ( May)
