Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park/Cassette (Ww713c) [Audio Cassette]

Diane Wolkstein (Author)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Weston Woods (June 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897199332
• ISBN-13: 978-0897199339
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 2.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,603,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Six Andersen gems retold by a New York legend., March 30, 1998

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Philip David Morgan (Saint James, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park/Cassette (Ww713c) (Audio Cassette)

It has now been more than four decades since the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen was unveiled in New York City's Central Park. There have been many tellers entertaining the old and the young alike every summer since 1956...but I believe Diane Wolkstein - who made her début in 1966 - will be the most fondly remembered. Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park is the storyteller's first album (made in 1982), and it should serve as the best introduction to anyone hearing her or Andersen's stories for the first time. Aided by musicians Shirley Keller, Janet Stuart, and Rachel Zucker (the storyteller's daughter), Diane Wolkstein's voice carries the listener through six of the Danish master's tales - not just familiar ones such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" but also such finds as "The Goblin and the Grocer" and the uproarious "Hans Clodhopper." I love it when a great story is told well, and Wolkstein - who was named "the official storyteller" of New York City in the late 1960's - is that city's greatest treasure.