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The Steadfast Tin Soldier
by Marcia Brown
Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 620L · 1953
Why we'd hand it over
Marcia Brown's woodcuts transform Andersen's melancholy fairy tale into something visually stunning and emotionally mature—beautiful but genuinely sad, and worth reading aloud with kids who can sit with bittersweet endings.