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- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Children's Fairy Tale
- Publication date: 1848
- Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
- Pages: 32
- ISBN 9780142301883
- Age Range: 4 to 8 years
- Adaptations: Cartoon in 1937 and Movie in 2006
- Themes: Poverty, Death, Cruelty, Dreams, Wishes, Innocence
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The Little Match Girl is a children's fairy tale.
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Synopsis
The Little Match Girl is a story about a little girl selling matches on the streets in the freezing winter. She has no shoes or hat, but she fears going home because she's sold no matches and her father will surely beat her. She begins to light her matches, and each one brings with it a pleasant wish to warm her soul.Critical Reception
- "The whole point of this story is to bring the searchlight of compassion and charity into the heart. Too often we tend to think ourselves poor. In Andersons day we would all be considered rich compared with most of those about. And fortunate." - Amazon.com user review
- "Every page contains a similar shock, a moment of alienation, and yet viewers will likely feel the rightness of these images for one of Andersen's most disturbing stories. This rendering will be best suited to those who know the tale well and can appreciate this intellectual, abstract presentation." - Publishers Weekly
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The Little Match Girl Questions
Finish this hand clap rhyme for me... I am a funny little Dutch Girl, as funny as funny can be..and all ....?????? 3 AnswersThere are several different variations of this rhyme, but here is the one you're referring to, just replace pretty with funny: I am a pretty little Dutch girl ... read more
Are the little cartoon boy and girl that are part of the Mahalo Answers logo based on real people? 2 AnswersThere is a joke inside Mahalo that it's my wife and I, but no they are not based on anyone specific... our art director Girmant--who is brilliant--might know. ... read more
Are Disney Princesses suitable role models for little girls? 5 AnswersI find it odd to say this, but yes, especially for young children. The Disney girls generally are kind, hard-working, generous and brave. As simple tales to chi... read more
Who is this girl???? 1 AnswerLooks to me like she is one of the models at adultfriendfinder. read more
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Notable The Little Match Girl Films
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1921: The Little Match Girl
- 1937: The Little Match Girl
- 1974: The Little Match Girl
- 1983: The Little Match Girl
- 1987: The Little Match Girl
- 2003: Resurrection of the Little Match Girl
- 2004: The Little Match Girl
- 2006: The Little Matchgirl
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RT @givesmehope A little girl was dying of cancer and her younger brother had a match for the bone marrow she needed.... http://bit.ly/NoAqr
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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen- not exactly light reading for a 5yo -- but that's was Cam came home with today.
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Classical album of the year? David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion http://bit.ly/6hwBop
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WA, 'THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL' Dada Squared Productions is casting The Little Match Girl, a short film.. http://bit.ly/6P8ACo #casting
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RT @FilmTVCasting: WA, 'THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL' Dada Squared Productions is casting The Little Match Girl, a.. http://bit.ly/075NWFb #fil
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