Tiny Thumbelina, magically born from an enchanted seed, is kidnapped by a toad, rescued by a fish, abandoned in the forest by a bug, and finally saved by a bird she's been kind to. All ends happily when Thumbelina marries the king of the flower people, and both of them live happily ever after. Brian Pinkney's bold colors animate this skillfully simplified retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's famous tale.