The Red Shoes
retold by Toshiko Kanzawa
illus. by Chihiro Iwasaki
The strange, sad fate of a girl who wore a pair of red dancing shoes to church. A beautiful picture book. Chihiro Iwasaki’s light and lyrical illustrations are at one with the dreamlike world of Andersen’s Story.
27 x 21 cm,
35 pages,
Full-colour illustrations
First published August 1968
- China
- Korea
- UK
- US
- Vietnam
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