The Steadfast Tin Soldier

by Rachel Isadora (Adapter & Illustrator), Hans Christian Andersen

A classic love story is complemented by lavish watercolor illustrations and follows the adventure of a one-legged tin toy soldier who falls helplessly in love with a beautiful paper ballerina and is swept away on a dangerous adventure.

Genres: Picture Books, Book Club, Christmas

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 19, 1996

About the author

Rachel Isadora is an award-winning children's author and illustrator. She has written children's books on multiple topics including ballet, life in America and Africa, and has illustrated several Brother Grimm tales in an African setting. She is most well-known for her Caldecott Honor Award book "Ben's Trumpet". She was a ballet dancer before she became an illustrator and children's writer.

Reviews

[Aiden · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so dark, that's why I loved it

[Eli Poteet · Rating 4 out of 5]

heavy and sad, love it!

[Gort · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations in this book are wonderfully useful in helping to move the story along. The illustrations match the written text and help give the students who need it visual clues to what the words are actually saying in the story. The sequencing of the story is helpful as well to help the students remember what happened when in the story.