"If you like, I'll tell you the story of a boy who learned to
fly."
Through an enchanted conversation with a young girl in a horse-drawn
coach, Hans Christian Andersen shares his life's struggles, dreams, and
triumphs--whose threads can be found woven into his greatest stories. He
tells her about the "fairy tale of his life" and how the son of a
shoemaker became a celebrated writer.
Heinz Janisch paints a sensitive portrait of Andersen and his literary
work. Maja Kastelic has developed a well-suited illustration concept for
this story that combines sumptuous art of a picture book with elements
of a graphic novel. Thus, for the first time, H. C. Andersen's life and
work become a fascinating collage in picture book form.
A moving, inventive story about the life of Hans Christian Andersen.