Thumbelina

Beloved Swedish author and illustrator Elsa Beskow provides charming vintage illustrations that enliven this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a thumb-sized girl who has big adventures.

Thumbelina is so small that she sleeps in a walnut-shell bed with a violet-petal mattress and rose-petal sheet.

One day, a toad takes her from her home and keeps her captive on a water-lily pad until some fish set her free. Thumbelina makes her way through the countryside, where she meets May bugs, butterflies, a field mouse, and a swallow.

Will Thumbelina ever find a new home among friends?

Elsa Beskow's signature illustrations have been known and loved for more than a century. This wonderful mini gift edition of Thumbelina faithfully reproduces Beskow's classic nostalgic illustrations in an adorable small format—ideal for little hands.