Ole-Lukoi

The most mysterious fairy tale H.K. Andersen
Some fairy tales of the great Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) have so deeply entered our minds that sometimes we even forget whether they belong to the writer’s pen or exist on their own.
This is probably the most instructive and mysterious fairy tale of Andersen - "Ole -Lukoi", published in December 1841 in the last of the six collections of "fairy tales told to children". Thanks to this fairy tale, many children got acquainted with an amazing creature that wears the usual children"s name - Ole.
But the second part of his name means "close eyes". Ole-Lukei was known in Danish folklore long before (read the interesting article “Where do dreams come from?”), As Andersen wrote his fairy tale, but now about the folklore, Ole simply forgot: his place was taken by the Andersen character with his magical An umbrella who saturates dreams.
This publication uses the full text of the fairy tale in the excellent translation of Anna Gansen (the book shows an article about the translator "Girl of January").
The book is richly illustrated by the cheerful, warm and kind drawings of the artist Nadezhda Fedotova.
All illustrations are made in the technique of Levkas, used in the Russian medieval icon painting.
For primary school age