Hans Christian Andersen was born in the Danish city of Odense in 1805, and died in 1875 in Copenhagen. He gained world fame with his literary fairy-tales such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling". The tale at hand, "The Wild Swans", was first published in 1838. It has been translated into more than one hundred languages and adapted for a wide range of media including theater, film and musical.
Ulrich Renz was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1960. After studying French literature in Paris he graduated from medical school in Lübeck and worked as head of a scientific publishing company. He is now a writer of non-fiction books as well as children's fiction books.
Marc Robitzky, born in 1973, studied at the Technical School of Art in Hamburg and the Academy of Visual Arts in Frankfurt. He works as a freelance illustrator and communication designer in Aschaffenburg (Germany).

Bilingual children's picture book (English - Romanian), with audiobook for download
'The Wild Swans' by Hans Christian Andersen is, with good reason, one of the world's most popular fairy tales. In its timeless form it addresses the issues out of which human dramas are made: fear, bravery, love, betrayal, separation and reunion.
The edition at hand is a lovingly illustrated picture book recounting Andersen's fairy tale in a sensitive and child-friendly form. It has been translated into a multitude of languages and is available as a bilingual edition in all conceivable combinations of these languages.
¿ Listen to the story read by native speakers! Within the book you'll find a link that gives you free access to audiobooks in both languages.
¿ NEW: With pictures to color! A download link in the book gives you free access to the pictures from the story to color in.
Carte de copii bilingva (engleza - româna), cu carte audio pentru descarcat
"Lebedele salbatice" de Hans Christian Andersen nu este degeaba unul dintre cele mai citite basme din lume. În forma atemporala tematizeaza materia din care sunt dramele noastre omenesti: frica, vitejia, dragostea, tradarea, despar¿irea ¿i regasirea.
Edi¿ia actuala a acestei car¿i cu poze cu drag ilustrata poveste¿te basmul lui Andersen sensibil ¿i într-o forma adaptata copiilor. A fost tradusa într-o mul¿ime de limbi ¿i este disponibila ca edi¿ie bilingva în toate combinäiile posibile a acestor limbi.
¿ Ascultäi povestea citita de vorbitori nativi! În carte se afla un link cu care pute¿i sa descarcäi gratuit car¿i audio în ambele limbi.