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  <title><![CDATA[The Little Match Girl]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1845</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Little Match Girl</u>, illustrated by <strong>Jerry Pinkney</strong>.<br/><br/><em>The Little Match Girl</em> - Andersen's tragic tale of a poor young match-seller who freezes to death one New Year's Eve - is transplanted from Denmark to the United States in Jerry Pinkney's lovely retelling. Set in an American city, someti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72988179">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fairy-Tale Lovers / Anastassija Archipowa Fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 06:55:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Little Match Girl</u>, illustrated by <strong>Anastassija Archipowa</strong>.<br/><br/>Originally published in 1845, as part of the <u>Dansk Folkekalender for 1846</u>, Anderson's tale of <em>The Little Match Girl</em> - in which a young match-seller freezes to death one wintry night - is an original fairy-tale set in the (then) ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72987929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>The Little Match Girl</u>, illustrated by <strong>Rachel Isadora</strong>.<br/><br/><em>Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne</em>, literally &quot;The Little Girl with Sulfur Sticks,&quot; is one of Andersen's original tales, and follows the heartbreaking story of a poor young match-seller who freezes to death on New Year's Eve. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72892313">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47210503">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[ANYONE]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Sun Feb 22 19:25:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 17:34:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Illustrator: Rachel Isadora<br/>Publisher: Putnam Juvenille<br/>Date of Publication: 1987<br/><br/>Genre: Drama<br/>Reading Level: Ages 4-8,  Preschool to 3rd grade.  Older children and adults will enjoy this also.  It will touch the lives of everyone.<br/><br/>Themes: Fear, Relief, Contentme...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47210503">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2151457">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of Andersen I've ever read. It was in our school book when I was in 3d class in primary school. We could cry for her, selling matches at Christmas Eve.<br/>دخترک کبریت فروش، یکی از قصه های کتاب فارسی سال سوم دبستان دوره ی ما ب...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2151457">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9840586">
    <user id="377419">
    <name><![CDATA[Beth Ann]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Orem, UT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 02 10:43:07 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember this one!  I remember being disturbed by it, and I remember my sister performing a play where she WAS the little match girl, and I remember it making me THINK even as a little girl.  And for that it deserves credit.]]></body>
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    <review id="74635166">
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 11:41:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The picture on the front and back cover of the book has a border around it. Just like all of the pages in the book have a border around them. I think maybe the illustrator did these to have consistency with each page. The rest of the pages have words on one page and a picture on the other. It has so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74635166">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74531010">
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  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 12:54:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Grabbing this book and looking at the front of it the girl seems creepy on it.  I looked at it for awhile and couldn’t decide if I wanted to read it or not.  I did read it and it ended up being an amazing book.  I actually wanted to cry because it was sad. The little girl made me think about how t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74531010">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8523230">
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    <name><![CDATA[Erik09]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[nice dreaming story for teens]]></body>
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    <review id="73471578">
    <user id="2739567">
    <name><![CDATA[Kara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 20:43:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 21:37:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book devotes full pages to pictures, which I love. The medium they use looks like oil paint. They are drawn in a 3rd dimension style, which gives them a realistic feel, and the color is what gives the book meaning. The light in the pictures is something that the little girl covets. So around he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73471578">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="50957900">
    <user id="1336929">
    <name><![CDATA[Ksu]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 30 15:01:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sad. Makes me wonder what I would do if I saw a little girl, barefoot and hungry on the street, in the middle of the winter? The reasonable and right answer would be, I would help her, but is it the case? Usually not. Usually people pass by these match-sellers, not even glancing in their direction. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50957900">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="58144478">
    <user id="191262">
    <name><![CDATA[Ginny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Iran, Islamic Republic of]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 01 22:11:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[ignite the matches...one by one.<br/>Now,this one gives me a very bad feeling.the very sad story of a poor girl.<br/>when I first read it I thought when she ignited the last match,she somehow got really happy,her grand mother was back and a happily ever after.but when the next page people found he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58144478">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="39078806">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[BC, Canada]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 01 20:16:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 01 20:25:13 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this story.  Such a sad and tragic story but written so vividly.  In many ways I find it odd that it's a children's book but after reading it to my children for the first time it was interesting to get their outlook on the book, it became quite the discussion piece.  The illustrations are gor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39078806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42202910">
    <user id="73104">
    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 07 06:17:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow I guess I was unfamiliar with the story of The Little Match Girl. I wasn't prepared for that at all. These pictures are pretty wild, certainly interesting. The whole thing was unsettling for me. I didn't need to read it a second time. Maybe when I'm older...]]></body>
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    <review id="58831127">
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    <name><![CDATA[Taylor]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 08 01:35:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
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  <read_count>20 at least</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[When I was in the classroom I read this to my students just before either Thanksgiving or Christmas.  It's a very sad story and I cry every time I read it but, it's an excellent way to get the kids talking about being grateful for what they have.]]></body>
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    <review id="77495798">
    <user id="392387">
    <name><![CDATA[Will]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 11 18:39:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this to see the other folks who are doing a similar thing to me. Debbie Lavreys, an illustrator about my age in Belgium, and artist for this book, had wished me luck on publishing mine. The illustrations are very warm. ]]></body>
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