Allumette: A Fable is a reimagining of The Little Match Girl written by who
Allumette: A Fable Allumette; A Fable, with Due Respect to Hans Christian Andersen, the Grimm Brothers, and the Honorable Ambrose Bierce, by Tomi Ungerer, was originally published in 1974. It is a "reimagining" of "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen. The book's extended title references Andersen, for "The Little Match Girl", as well as fairy tale authors the Brothers Grimm, and satirist Ambrose Bierce. The book was initially published in 1974, and carried in the United States by Parents' Magazine Press and Scholastic, both bargain retailers. It was also briefly reprinted in 1986, but has since gone out of print again.
Dorothy Britton Dorothy Guyver Britton, Lady Bouchier MBE (14 February 1922 – 25 February 2015) was born in Yokohama, moved to the United States at the age of 13, and was educated in the United States and England, returning to Japan after the American Occupation. She was best known as a translator into English of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's "Madogiwa no Totto-chan" as "Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window", and "Oku no Hosomichi" by Basho: "A Haiku Journey – Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province". She was the author of "The Japanese Crane: Bird of Happiness" and co-author of "National Parks of Japan".