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The great tulip trade
In Holland in the 1600s, a birthday gift of eight precious tulip bulbs is traded into livestock, furniture, and a valuable painting.
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In honor of Hans Christian Andersen
Brust talks about a sample of Hans Christian Andersen's artistry that is featured on the cover of Horn Book Magazine. The Christmas tree cutting is one of the three-dimensional paper cutouts that Andersen made. By cutting through two layers of paper, then folding it in the middle, he was able to make the tree stand up.
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Halve this mega-mansion
Re \"Much hangs on fate of Bel-Air mega-mansion,\" May 31...
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Halve this mega-mansion
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THE KIDS' READING ROOM; 'Andersen's Amazing Paper Cuttings'; Part 5. The story so far: Hans Christian Andersen was as daring and original with his paper cuttings as he was in his fairy tales
The two-fold cutting shown here is the last large cutting that [Hans Christian Andersen] made, the year before he died of cancer. It has his usual happy figures -- ballerinas, fairies, gnomes -- but it also has skulls and frowning faces with death masks in two corners. These never appeared in his other cuttings. Still, he showed great steadiness of hand and skill even though he was starting to feel sick. April 2 was Andersen's 200th birthday. Worldwide celebrations will take place over the next eight months. In honor of this special occasion, why don't you ask an adult to help you try your hand at paper cutting? It's easier than you think. You might even try telling a tale as you cut, the way Andersen did. Good luck! CREATION: This is the last large cutting that Andersen made, the year before he died of cancer.; PHOTOGRAPHER: The Hans Christian Andersen Museum, Odense, Denmark
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THE KIDS' READING ROOM; 'Andersen's Amazing Paper Cuttings'; Part 4: The story so far: Hans Christian Andersen made original paper cuttings as gifts for friends and to entertain himself as he told his tales
His artwork was done with white paper, not black. His flights of fancy took nothing seriously and were utterly timeless. Just as [Hans Christian Andersen] wrote his fairy tales in a completely different and informal style, he made his cuttings in the same way. The biggest difference between Andersen's paper-cutting style and everyone else's was the emotional tone. Traditional cuttings were gentle, quiet and unemotional. Andersen's were the opposite. They were funny or sad, scary or sweet, fantastic or frightening. They were full of life -- ballerinas on toe, mischievous elves, frowning faces. His cuttings, like his fairy tales, were dramatic.
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THE KIDS' READING ROOM; 'Andersen's Amazing Paper Cuttings'; Part 3: The story so far: Hans Christian Andersen never planned ahead or drew lines on the paper -- he just cut
[Hans Christian Andersen] made this beautiful cutout for the young daughter of the local doctor. They were all dinner guests at a manor house where Andersen was staying. It was Marie's fourth birthday, so Andersen gave this to her as a gift. People were thrilled to receive an original Andersen paper cutting. Many of Andersen's friends were wealthy. They already had many possessions. But only he could give them a custom-made Andersen paper cutout, something that they could not buy anywhere.
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THE KIDS' READING ROOM; 'Andersen's Amazing Paper Cuttings'; Part 2: The story so far: Famous for his fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen also was admired as an artist making beautiful, unusual paper cuttings
Living alone in an attic room, Andersen built another puppet stage like the one back home. With barely enough money to feed himself, he begged for scraps of silk and velvet. Andersen cut out pieces to sew together for puppet clothes, then acted out plays. This practice helped him learn how to create them. In his lifetime, Andersen wrote more than 40 plays plus 156 fairy tales. The cutting of the boy in wooden shoes shown here may be a self- portrait of the famous author. Andersen said that, as a child, he was very tall and thin. He had long blond hair, a long nose and eyes as \"tiny as green peas.\"
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THE KIDS' READING ROOM; 'Andersen's Amazing Paper Cuttings'; Part 1
Tonight, it might be his tale of the mermaid who trades her tongue for a pair of legs. Or of the young duckling teased and chased by other birds in the duck yard. But [Hans Christian Andersen]'s hands never stop moving. Watching the scissor blades move in and out of the folded paper is as spellbinding as the story itself. What will the final image be? The amazing paper cutting shown here reveals some of Andersen's life. The palm trees are from his travels to Italy, where he thought he should have been born. Theater stages are where he wanted to perform as an actor, dancer or singer. And the swans are Andersen, who felt he never belonged in the slums where he grew up, so he set a goal to become famous. And after much struggle and hard work, he reached that goal and soared like a swan.
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