Children's Book: Thumbelina, in different cultures?

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Nicole

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I got this from the Wikipedia article about Thumbelina. I've never heard any of these other stories myself (except Tom Thumb), but one of them might possibly be what you're looking for:

" Sources and inspiration

“Thumbelina” is completely Andersen’s invention but takes inspiration from the traditional tale of "Tom Thumb" (both tales begin with a childless woman consulting a supernatural being about acquiring a child), the six-inch Lilliputians in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver's Travels, Voltaire‘s short story, “Micromégas“ with its cast of huge and miniature peoples, and E.T.A. Hoffmann’s hallucinatory, erotic tale "Meister Floh" in which a tiny lady a span in height torments the hero. A tiny girl figures in Andersen‘s prose fantasy "A Journey on Foot from Holmen's Canal to the East Point of Amager" (1828) and an image similar to Andersen’s tiny being inside a flower is found in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s ’’Princess Brambilla” (1821). "

Good Luck!
 
For one of my classes, I need to compare a children’s book, to that from another culture. The book I chose to do is Thumbelina. I need to find a book of Thumbelina from another culture and I’m having no luck what-so-ever! So if anyone knows a website I can go to, to help or guide me in the right direction, or knows a book in another culture similar to Thumbelina, I would much appreciate it. Thanks!
 
I have never heard of any, sorry. Is it still possible to change your book? Cinderella would be a very easy one to do! Anyway, good luck with whatever happens, I hope you find what you're looking for. Take care. :)
 
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