Thumbelina (/ ˌθʌmbəˈliːnə /; Danish: Tommelise) is a literary fairy tale written by the famous Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children.

Thumbelina (also known as Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina) is a 1994 American independent [5] animated musical fantasy film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.

Thumbelina: Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman. With Gino Conforti, Barbara Cook, Jodi Benson, Will Ryan. 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 with her dream lover, Prince Cornelius.

Inside the flower was a beautiful little girl who was the size of the woman's thumb so she a called her Thumbellina. She made her a little dress out of golden threads. Thumbellina slept in a …

She was scarcely half as long as a thumb, and they gave her the name of "Thumbelina," or Tiny, because she was so small. A walnut-shell, elegantly polished, served her for a cradle; her bed was formed of blue violet-leaves, with a rose-leaf for a counterpane.

"Thumbelina" is about a tiny girl and her adventures with appearance- and marriage-minded toads, moles, and cockchafers. She successfully avoids their intentions...

One night, her dreams are answered when she meets the Fairy Prince and they fall in love. Before Thumbelina can tell her mother, she is kidnapped by a toad and taken into the woods.

"Thumbelina" (Danish: Tommelise) is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The tale was first printed by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Adapted from the Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. When a tiny girl named Thumbelina gets kidnapped from her home by a toad, many adventures follow.

Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies. Just as soon as she finds love, however, it's torn away from her when she is kidnapped by a toad named Grundel, who wishes to marry her.