The only beautiful and perfect things to him now are the tiny snowflakes that he sees through a magnifying glass. He destroys their window-box garden, he makes fun of his grandmother, and he no longer cares about Gerda, since everyone now appears bad and ugly to him. On a pleasant summer day, splinters of the troll-mirror get into Kai's heart and eyes. Kai draws back in fear from the window.īy the following spring, Gerda has learned a song that she sings to Kai: Roses flower in the vale there we hear Child Jesus' tale! Because roses adorn the window box garden, the sight of roses always reminds Gerda of her love for Kai. Looking out of his frosted window one winter, Kai sees the Snow Queen, who beckons him to come with her. As bees have a queen, so do the snow bees, and she is seen where the snowflakes cluster the most. Kai's grandmother tells the children about the Snow Queen, who is ruler over the "snow bees" - snowflakes that look like bees. Gerda and Kai have a window box garden to play in, and they become devoted to each other as playmates, and as close as if they were siblings. The two families grow vegetables and roses in window boxes placed on the gutters. They could get from one's home to the other's just by stepping over the gutters of each building. Years later, a little boy Kai (often spelled "Kay" or "Kaj" in translations) and a little girl Gerda live next door to each other in the garrets of buildings with adjoining roofs in a large city. It is regularly included in selected tales and collections of his work and is frequently reprinted in illustrated storybook editions for children. The story is one of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories. The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. It was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. " The Snow Queen" ( Danish: Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The Snow Queen (Russian: Снежная королева, Snezhnaya koroleva) is a 1957 Soviet animated film directed by Lev Atamanov. Snezhnaya Koroleva on You Channel - English Subtittles Barnes & Noble has a "Lost Books" discussion board."The Snow Queen" illustration by Rudolf Koivu.The Internet Book Database of Fiction has an "Ask the Oracle" section "where you can post requests to help you identify books you read or saw a long time ago, and can no longer recall.".has sections for Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Science Fiction & Fantasy for you to browse or you can post your own question.The Other Change of Hobbit bookstore in Berkeley, California maintains a "Department of Lost Stories" web page from which you can email the store's staff the book's plot and they will try to locate the book for you.Loganberry is used mostly for children's books that you vaguely remember. Loganberry Books offer a fee-based ($4) research service known as "Stump the Bookseller" for people who can recall only plot details of a book for which they are seeking.You can also submit your question to a service offered by Abebooks known as "BookSleuth".The Project Wombat listserv is "an e-mail discussion list for difficult reference questions." Project Wombat is read by librarians, scholars, students, professionals, and people from all walks of life, so by posting your question to the listserv you are drawing upon the collective memories and resources of thousands of people.The Fiction_L Listserv "has come up with answers to numerous fiction and non-fiction 'stumpers' much to the delight of many patrons, as well as librarians, happy to find the title of a book they read 20 years ago (or just a couple months ago).".
Also sometimes the best way to find these half remembered books is to post them on a listserv or discussion forum whereby someone who may have read the book recognizes the plot line. There are some resources online that can help with a search for a fictional work if all you have is a plot line. All these can help in identifying the title and author of the book.
Fictional works are usually cataloged by author and title, not by subject or plot line, which makes identifying books by their plot or story line difficult.īefore you start your search it would help if you can identify everything you remember about the book, plot, character names, time period in which the book may have been published, genre, etc.
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