I used to have a bunch of illustrated story books as a child. Each had a single story, often a fairy tale or children's story and since I didn't have a library membership, I read the same books over and over. But not all of them. Two stories in particular I avoided. The Little Match Girl and The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Have you read them? If yes, you have my sympathies. If not, you have my warning - don't. Oh, the language is simple enough. The stories are linear, like childre