Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen · 2019
78/100
👍 Worth It
Andersen's tales are among the most durable things ever written for children — morally rich, imaginatively vast, and still fully alive a hundred and fifty years on. The ambiguity of which 2019 edition this is matters: a TASCHEN edition with Kay Nielsen's illustrations is a treasure; a generic bargain reprint with a poor translation is considerably less so. Seek out an edition with a named, respected translator and quality illustration before buying.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety82
substance88
craft85
originality80
accuracy85
hype78
age-fit80
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict78
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