The nightingale
By: Hans Christian Andersen ; illustrated by Demi.
Contributors: Demi, ill.; Bier, Anna.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1985
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Children's stories, Danish; Fairy tales; Nightingales -- Fiction
Description: Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference for a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.
Notes: Translation of: Nattergalen.
"The text ... was adapted by Anna Bier from the 1894 edition of the yellow fairy book"--Colophon.