'Brave Thumbelina' by Hans Christian Andersen with adaptation and illustrations by An Leysen is a beautiful picture book of a strange fairy tale.

A woman dreams of having a child. She plants a flower and a tiny child is born. Everything is fine and she sleeps in a tiny box, until she is stolen one night and given in marriage to an ugly frog. What follows are a series of strange matches until Thumbelina finds the perfect match.

I love Hans Christian Andersen, but his stories can be so weird. This one is no exception: a young girl is born and the only reason seems to be as a series of potential brides.

The illustrations are solid, though. An Leysen has a style I really like and this book is no exception. There are some black and white illustrations throughout the book as well as full color. The color palette is softer and pastel and fits well with the drawings.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Clavis Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

This story reminded me of my childhood when my parents read it to me. This was one of my favorites. I've read it right away and enjoyed the illustrations, and the story itself. Simply wonderful

A retelling of Andersen's Thumbelina. Illustrations are good.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the eARC

This is a pretty standard retelling of Anderson’s story of Thumbelina. She doesn’t appear to do anything differently than the original Thumbelina did, except, she does go home to visit her mother after she marries the fairy king, which is something I always thought should happen.

The pictures fare lovely, but there is nothing new here.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This was a really sweet book that retells the classic story of thumbelina. It's been too long I forgot the details of the story so it was nice to get acquainted with it again.

My only issue was that I read it with my five year-old and it didn't keep her interested which I think was due in part to not a lot of pictures which at this age is still needed for storytelling.

Thank you to the publisher and to netgalley for this ARC!

Brave Thumbelina is a retelling/variation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, with gorgeous illustrations from An Leysen. It has been a while since I read the original story, so I can't testify to its differences, although I do believe it is supposed to have a happier ending. A woman desperately wants a child, so she is given a flower seed which grows into a tiny daughter she names Thumbelina. One day, Thumbelina is kidnapped by a toad. She runs away, ends up marrying a prince in a forest, and gets wings to visit home. I like the moral of the story that you can be brave and make your own decisions about your life, and obviously this tale is a classic, so what really sets this story apart are the whimsical, beautiful An Leysen art.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated in any other fashion for the review and the opinions reflected below are entirely my own. Special thanks to the publisher and author for providing the copy.

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Lovely illustrations for this retelling of Andersen's classic tale. Not much changed from his version but it's a nice edition for the young ones. Appreciated that Thumbelina returns to visit her mother!

This story reminded me of my childhood when my parents read it to me. This was one of my favorites. I've read it right away and enjoyed the illustrations, and the story itself. Simply wonderful

2,5/5. A girly version of what we call Tom Pouce in French (probably something like Tom Thumb maybe in English... really not sure) but the classic tales of a really small boy. Here we replace the boy by a girl and play a bit with the story more or less reinventing it. This story was too slow for my liking, I think some kids may find it really long because the rhythm is so slow. I'm also unsure why the «remake»... was it necessary? Not bad, but didn't bring anything new/unique.

Thank you Netgalley for this copy.
This book is a re-interpretation of Thumbelina, which is lovely. Iove all tge fairy tales. I think that the illustrations are more than great making the story even more lovely.