The Wild Swans – Die wilden Schwäne (English – German)

Lovingly illustrated adaptation of Andersen's classic fairy tale. Bilingual edition (English and German), accompanied by online audiobooks and videos in English (British as well as American) and German and printable coloring pages.

"The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen is, with good reason, one of the world's most popular fairy tales. In its timeless form it addresses the issues out of which human dramas are made: fear, bravery, love, betrayal, separation and reunion.

The present edition is a lovingly illustrated picture book recounting Andersen's fairy tale in a sensitive and child-friendly form.

♫ Listen to the story read by native speakers! Within the book you'll find a link that gives you free access to audiobooks and videos in both languages.

► With printable coloring pages! A download link in the book gives you free access to the pictures from the story to color in.

Zweisprachiges Kinderbuch (Englisch – Deutsch), mit Hörbuch und Video online

"Die wilden Schwäne" von Hans Christian Andersen ist nicht umsonst eines der weltweit meistgelesenen Märchen. In zeitloser Form thematisiert es den Stoff, aus dem unsere menschlichen Dramen sind: Furcht, Tapferkeit, Liebe, Verrat, Trennung und Wiederfinden.

Die vorliegende, liebevoll illustrierte Bilderbuchausgabe erzählt Andersens Märchen einfühlsam und in kindgerechter Form nach. Sie wurde in eine Vielzahl von Sprachen übersetzt und ist als zweisprachige Ausgabe in allen denkbaren Kombinationen dieser Sprachen erhältlich.

♫ Lassen Sie sich die Geschichte von Muttersprachlern vorlesen! Ein Link im Buch gibt Ihnen kostenlosen Zugang zu mp3-Hörbüchern und Videos in beiden Sprachen.

► Mit Ausmalvorlagen! Über einen Link im Buch lassen sich die Bilder der Geschichte zum Ausdrucken und Ausmalen herunterladen.



Hans Christian Andersen was born in the Danish city of Odense in 1805, and died in 1875 in Copenhagen. He gained world fame with his literary fairy-tales such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling". The tale at hand, "The Wild Swans", was first published in 1838. It has been translated into more than one hundred languages and adapted for a wide range of media including theater, film and musical.

Ulrich Renz was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1960. After studying French literature in Paris he graduated from medical school in Lübeck and worked as head of a scientific publishing company. He is now a writer of non-fiction books as well as children's fiction books.

Marc Robitzky, born in 1973, studied at the Technical School of Art in Hamburg and the Academy of Visual Arts in Frankfurt. He works as a freelance illustrator and communication designer in Aschaffenburg (Germany).