alt Hacker NewsJust like the article mentioned, he has become almost synonymous with fairy tales associated with stories for kids, but for anyone who has ever read from a collection of his stories, a majority of them are most certainly not appropriate for kids. Some of them are incredibly sad, and as another comment says, the fate of the characters often can change for the worse in the last paragraphs, when you least expect it.
I can only recommend reading his works, they are deeply profound.
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> a majority of them are most certainly not appropriate for kid
I did enjoy them as kid - as sad as they were. Many years after I can't think of a reason to consider them: "most certainly not appropriate". That's being overprotective.
In the light of the current events - they should introduce an age check verification to readers, right?
I read The Steadfast Tin Soldier for the first time when I was a kid but it didn't have a special meaning for me until my late teens, when I first fell in love.
Never mind the kids, "Story of a mother" is very much "adult fear".
A story having a tragic twist doesn’t automatically make it inappropriate for kids.
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> for anyone who has ever read from a collection of his stories, a majority of them are most certainly not appropriate for kids.
That really depends on the culture you are coming from.
There is a deep divide between how European and USA culture views what is appropriate material for children.
Being from the nordics, H.C.A's whole collection was part of mine and every friends childhood, from as early as kindergarten, and I vividly remember feeling deep sadness and empathy towards some of his characters at an early age.