‘Why, she is no bigger than the tip of my thumb. I will call her Thumbelina.’ Thumbelina was very contented. At night she slept under a rose petal in a polished walnut shell. By day she rowed ...

This retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tale has the digit-sized heroine evading the clutches of various toads, moles, and beetles before she can proceed with her courtship ...