Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Audiobook20 minutes
The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen
Written by Jane Yolen
Narrated by Stina Nielsen
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
About this audiobook
The author of over 200 books, Caldecott Medal winner Jane Yolen is beloved for her delightful children's stories. This Junior Library Guild Selection chronicles the life of Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen. Growing up poor, Hans struggles to bring his artistic vision to the world. In time, he becomes world-renowned, most especially for the wondrous fairy tales he so vividly imagined.
Author
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen lives in Massachusetts and has written more than 400 books across all genres and age ranges, including the Sydney Taylor Honor book Miriam at the River. In 2022 she was named the The Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Winner. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century.
More audiobooks from Jane Yolen
The Devil's Arithmetic The Salem Witch Trials: An Unsolved Mystery from History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Perfect Wizard
Related audiobooks
Bright Shadow Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Stonecutter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl Who Loved Wild Horses / Crazy Horses Vision Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSword of the Rightful King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy Country Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Punch with Judy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRebels of the Heavenly Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arthur: The Always King Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOnce on a Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Surrender Young Readers' Edition: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoyful Noise and I Am Phoenix Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Picture Book of Anne Frank Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dinosaur of Waterhouse Hawkins Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Echo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAladdin and Other Arabian Nights Tales Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Opera for Kids, Hansel and Gretel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shakespeare's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Field of the Dogs Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Eyes of the Amaryllis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winter Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Old Oak Tree's Last Dream Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Girls of Friendly Terrace (or Peggy Raymond's Success) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Angel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbel's Island Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rainbabies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Raggedy Ann Stories (version 2) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's Biography & Autobiography For You
The Boy on the Wooden Box Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Escape from Alcatraz: The Mystery of the Three Men Who Escaped From The Rock Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Free Lunch Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Overground Railroad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStacey’s Extraordinary Words Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Harriet Tubman Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dreamer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Am Ruby Bridges Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yellow Star Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Henry's Freedom Box Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shaken: Young Readers Edition: Fighting to Stand Strong No Matter What Comes Your Way Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5J.K. Rowling: Author of the Harry Potter Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5X: A Biography of Malcolm X Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Miss Rumphius Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit ~ Full Audiobook 0% found this document usefulSybil: Hero of the American Revolution 0% found this document usefulEpisode 232: Forecasting: Planning Your Terms 0% found this document usefulEp 298 - Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, by Betty MacDonald 0% found this document usefulEpisode 241: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle 0% found this document usefulfavourite topic: favourite books 0% found this document usefulSaint Ignatius of Loyola Part I 0% found this document usefulLynn Bruce on the Coming Advent Season 0% found this document usefulEpisode 88: The Birchbark House 0% found this document usefulS8E30: Mothering by the Book with Jenn Pepito 0% found this document usefulHow Marine Animals Communicate with Lights 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Librarians Turn To Civil Rights Agency To Oppose Book Bans And Their Firings The IndependentArticle
Librarians Turn To Civil Rights Agency To Oppose Book Bans And Their Firings
Nov 8, 2023
4 min readThe Last Kirin Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
The Last Kirin
Jan 1, 2020
11 min readMadeleine L’Engle’s Early Short Stories Presage ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Madeleine L’Engle’s Early Short Stories Presage ‘A Wrinkle In Time’
Apr 17, 2020
A reviewer reflects on reading “The Moment of Tenderness,” a collection of short stories, and then returning to the 1963 novel she loved growing up.
2 min readThe Importance Of Darkness In Kids’ Books TIMEArticle
The Importance Of Darkness In Kids’ Books
Feb 12, 2018
3 min readThe Best Fiction Reads Of 2018: The Monitor's Picks The Christian Science MonitorArticle
The Best Fiction Reads Of 2018: The Monitor's Picks
Dec 5, 2018
A reimagining of 'Beowulf' and Anne Tyler's latest are two of the works of fiction that made the cut for our list.
2 min read67 Ways To Celebrate Birds BBC Countryfile MagazineArticle
67 Ways To Celebrate Birds
Apr 30, 2020
5 min readTasty Tomes Chicago magazineArticle
Tasty Tomes
Sep 11, 2021
2 min readHow to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh Literary HubArticle
How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh
Nov 30, 2018
3 min readActions Can Have Horrifying Consequences In 'The Boy On The Bridge' NPRArticle
Actions Can Have Horrifying Consequences In 'The Boy On The Bridge'
May 6, 2017
2 min readThe Marvellous Musicians StorytimeArticle
The Marvellous Musicians
Aug 3, 2022
3 min readLook who’s Tolkien Empire AustralasiaArticle
Look who’s Tolkien
May 5, 2019
2 min readBOOK EXCERPT: The Farm on Badger Creek Wisconsin Magazine of HistoryArticle
BOOK EXCERPT: The Farm on Badger Creek
Nov 22, 2021
8 min readHans-my-hedgehog StorytimeArticle
Hans-my-hedgehog
Aug 4, 2021
5 min readOld Cricket Says Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
Old Cricket Says
May 1, 2019
ONCE THERE WAS the son of a poor village shoemaker. What an awkward, ungainly boy he was! Yet he dreamed of being an actor, a singer, a dancer. So at fourteen, he set off alone to seek his fortune in the capital. There, he nearly starved to death. A
1 min readHans Hedgehog A GERMAN FOLK TALE Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
Hans Hedgehog A GERMAN FOLK TALE
Jan 1, 2019
6 min read'Perseverance' And Poetry Help A Writer Bridge Multiple Worlds NPRArticle
'Perseverance' And Poetry Help A Writer Bridge Multiple Worlds
Mar 25, 2021
4 min readThe Fire Inside StorytimeArticle
The Fire Inside
Nov 1, 2023
3 min readThe Lottery in Almería The Paris ReviewArticle
The Lottery in Almería
Jun 8, 2021
Elena, his sister, was going to stay with him all August. Maybe it would bleed into September a little, she warned, and Andrés said that was fine. What else could he say? The house in Almería was as much hers as it was his, on paper—they’d inherited
28 min readThe Magic Book StorytimeArticle
The Magic Book
May 3, 2023
5 min readThe Art of Fiction No. 251 The Paris ReviewArticle
The Art of Fiction No. 251
Mar 15, 2022
20 min readThe Art of Poetry No. 116 The Paris ReviewArticle
The Art of Poetry No. 116
Mar 19, 2024
32 min readHe Brought Her Heart Back in a Box AMERICAN THEATREArticle
He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box
Jul 25, 2019
16 min readLights Across the Water Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young TeensArticle
Lights Across the Water
Oct 1, 2023
8 min readThe Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Children’s Books Literary HubArticle
The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Children’s Books
Apr 6, 2018
7 min readMaggie O’Farrell Scoops Waterstones Book Of The Year Award For Hamnet Evening StandardArticle
Maggie O’Farrell Scoops Waterstones Book Of The Year Award For Hamnet
Dec 3, 2020
6 min readGreat Hymns Abide With Me The OldieArticle
Great Hymns Abide With Me
Jan 10, 2024
I was chatting to my Iranian fishmonger the other day about the oral tradition in poetry. His grandfather had lived in a small village, with no electricity or running water, and only dust roads. Being one of the only literate people in the community,
3 min readOff The Shelf Woman NZArticle
Off The Shelf
Jul 11, 2022
1 min readThe Art of PoetryNo. 110 The Paris ReviewArticle
The Art of PoetryNo. 110
Dec 1, 2020
31 min readCase History: Anna Agrees to an Autopsy Guernica MagazineArticle
Case History: Anna Agrees to an Autopsy
Jun 11, 2019
7 min readPolyglot Novelist Ink PelletArticle
Polyglot Novelist
Sep 12, 2021
5 min read
Reviews for The Perfect Wizard
Rating: 4.0555555000000005 out of 5 stars
4/5
18 ratings1 review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I enjoyed listening to this short audiobook of Hans Christian Andersen's life. I realized I knew little about his life beyond writing the fairy tales.