The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Hans Christian Andersen and JooHee Yoon

The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, retold and illustrated by JooHee Yoon / ISBN 9781592702022 / 64-page hardcover from Enchanted Lion. *** A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book This book was printed with custom inks on unique textured paper, lovely choices made to ensure a graphically striking book that will hold attention and catch the eye. The Steadfast Tin Soldier is the first story Andersen wrote without a folktale source or literary model, so it stands as a completely original work of the imagination, which changed the fairytale genre for all time. "There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers. They were all brothers, born of the same old tin spoon. . . . All looked exactly alike except one. He looked a little different as he had been cast last of all. The tin was short, so he had only one leg... But just you see, he'll be the remarkable one." So begins Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of good and evil; purity and personality; fate and grace. I