Resources
Andersen, H. C., and Edmund Dulac. Dulac's The Snow Queen, and Other Stories from Hans Andersen. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. The classic fairy tale to be read aloud to the students.
Andersen, H. C., Erik Christian Haugaard, and Virginia Haviland. The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. This version contains Andersen’s collection. It gives perspective on his writing style, character development and personal background.
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage Books, 2010. This book discusses the importance of reading and telling of fairy tales and myths to the development of young children’s thinking.
Buck, Chris and Jennifer Lee, directors. Frozen. Walt Disney Pictures, 2013. Disney’s animated adaptation of Andersen’s classic fairy tale The Snow Queen.
Cahir, Linda Costanza. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006. Comprehensive text to cover the overall concept of adaptation.
Corrigan, Timothy. Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader. Routlege, 2011. A series of key essays by a variety of theorists covering aspects of the connection between film and literature.
Golden, John. Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2001. This was useful to skim through for some general ideas.
Jones, Steven Swann. The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of Imagination, New York: Twayne, 1995. This book covers the general history, analysis, chronology and major works in the genre. Quite accessible and helpful.
Naremore. Film Adaptation. Rutgers University Press, 2000. This volume examines film adaptation in theory and practice through a set of essays discussing and variety of films.
Sims, Lesley, Alan Marks, and H. C. Andersen. The Snow Queen. London: Usborne, 2005. A picture book version of the Andersen tale for students to enjoy.
http://andersen.sdu.dk/liv/biografi/index_e.html.
A comprehensive website about the life and works of Andersen. Published in Danish but will translate to English.
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/snowqueen/. This annotated version of the fairy tale retells it in modern language.
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/198/the-snow-queen/. Original text of Andersen’s tale with separate pages for each story. Good way for parents and families to have access to the “real” story.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/hans-christian-andersen/. Useful biographical information about Hans Christian Andersen. Good to share with parents and families.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment. Interview with the composers of the music in Frozen, explaining how they were inspired to write the songs for the film.
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