Hans Christian Andersen  Hans Christian Andersen is a great writer. He wrote many popular stories for children all over the world. April 2 is his birthday and it is also Children's Book Day. Andersen was born  in 1805. When he was a little boy, his father read him a story every day. He felt very happy at that time. But his father died when he was 11 years old. Then he had to leave school. Andersen started working as an actor and singer. He loved reading books so much that he went back to school at 17. His first book _ in 1835. From then on, he wrote about one book a year for 37 years. There will be a park about Andersen's sales  and life in Shanghai. If you like Andersen, you can go there to learn about his life and tales, and you can play games too. ,. Andersen's father died in  _  .
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