The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinderbox: None

Thumbelina: Very Mild: Thumbelina criticized and called ugly by beetles.

The Emperor’s New Clothes: None

The Little Mermaid: None

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: None

The Wild Swans: None

The Flying Trunk: Very Mild: ragamuffin, "a common, vulgar lot."

The Ugly Duckling: Very Mild: wretch, peculiar-looking, ugly—countless times, ugly thing, funny looks; "I wish you were far away"; hen speaks sarcastically to duckling.

The Nightingale: None

The Snow Queen: Very Mild: loathsome brat, nanny goat.

The Little Match Girl: None

The Goblin at the Grocer’s: Very Mild: grocer told he has "no idea of poetry."

Introduction: Very Mild: illegitimacy.

The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinder Box: Very Mild: kissing.

Thumbelina: None

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Mild: some nudity, not graphic, not sexual.

The Little Mermaid: Mild: some nudity, not sexual or graphic.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: None

The Wild Swans: Very Mild: a little nudity, not graphic or sexual.

The Flying Trunk: Very Mild: "love affair" means relationship, not sexual; kissing.

The Ugly Duckling: None

The Nightingale: None

The Snow Queen: Very Mild: someone wears very few clothes, not graphic, not sexual.

The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinder Box: Very Mild: adult wants to smoke, accepted.

Thumbelina: None

The Emperor’s New Clothes: None

The Little Mermaid: None

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: Very Mild: mention of snuffbox.

The Wild Swans: None

The Flying Trunk: None

The Ugly Duckling: None

The Nightingale: Very Mild: joke about people getting "tipsy on tea."

The Snow Queen: Mild: adults drink, one gets drunk, accepted.

The Little Mermaid: None

The Goblin at the Grocer’s: None

The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinder Box: Moderate: beheading; planned hanging; dogs attack, kill people.

Thumbelina: None

The Emperor’s New Clothes: None

The Little Mermaid: Moderate: mutilation; extreme pain.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: Mild: fall from a height; characters burn in fire.

The Wild Swans: Mild: characters in danger of falling to their deaths; hurting someone; threat of death by fire.

The Flying Swan: None

The Ugly Duckling: Mild: pecking, shoving away, minor characters shot and killed; frightening dog; character creates chaos; screaming, attempts to hit and catch.

The Nightingale: None

The Snow Queen: Mild: threat to kill and eat someone; biting, tweaking, threats with knife; fighting, some minor characters destroyed.

The Little Match Girl: Mild: threat of beating.

The Goblin at the Grocer’s: Mild: fire.

The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinder Box: Moderate: someone kills and steals.

Thumbelina: Mild: kidnapping.

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Moderate: swindling, lying, pretending.

The Little Mermaid: None

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: Very Mild: attempted cheating.

The Wild Swans: None

The Flying Trunk: Mild: impersonation.

The Ugly Duckling: None

The Nightingale: None

The Snow Queen: Mild: stealing.

The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinder Box: Moderate: witch, magic clothes, magic animals, magic box.

Thumbelina: Mild: witch, magic seed, talking animals and insects; fairies.

The Emperor’s New Clothes: None

The Little Mermaid: Moderate: merpeople; witch, magic potion, scary house, magic knife.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: Mild: goblin causes misfortunes.

The Wild Swans: Quite Extensive: evil queen, transforms people; good magic repells evil, reverses evil spells; witches want to feed on corpses; statutary moves; verdict of witchcraft.

The Flying Trunk: Moderate: magical flying; foretelling of "unhappy love affair" (relationship); talking dishes and other kitchen implements.

The Ugly Duckling: None

The Nightingale: Mild: death appears, good and evil deeds; bird talks.

The Snow Queen: Extensive: evil magic mirror, splinters of mirror cause more misery and distortions, snow queen controls boy, old woman has magic powers, controls girl; flowers, birds and animals talk; girl’s tears magical; woman controls wind; grotesque snow guards; magical flying; pieces of ice dance.

The Little Match Girl: None

The Goblin at the Grocer’s: Mild: goblin; inanimate objects speak; beauty of poetry is magical.

The Princess and the Pea: None

The Tinder Box: evil rewarded.

Thumbelina: None

The Emperor’s New Clothes: None

The Little Mermaid: mermaid told how to receive soul; mention of slavery; not a happily ever after ending. 

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: ambiguous ending.

The Wild Swans: princess made unrecognizable, wanders away.

The Flying Trunk: joke about how Turks dress; snobbery; annoying others; showing off.

The Ugly Duckling: complaints; pride, ridicule.

The Nightingale: bird caged; the showy and artificial preferred.

The Snow Queen: None

The Little Match Girl: shooting star is "soul going to God"; ambiguous ending.

The Goblin at the Grocer’s: watching/listening at keyhole as student reads; stormy-tossed feeling; choice of beauty and security.

The Princess and the Pea: funny ending.

The Tinder Box: clever animals and human.

Thumbelina: helpfulness, generosity rewarded. 

The Emperor’s New Clothes: simplicity and truth prevail.

The Little Mermaid: fully clothed mermaids (in pictures in this edition); self-sacrifice, choice not to do evil; goodness rewarded.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier: steadfastness exhibited in all circumstances.

The Wild Swans: prayer effective, perseverance and hard work rewarded despite others' opinions and harsh judgments.

The Flying Trunk: funny story within story. Shows bad consequences of showing off.

The Ugly Duckling: lack of pride, suffering makes happiness greater. One becomes beautiful by becoming what one’s supposed to be.

The Nightingale: fun humor, generosity, unselfishness, loyalty, forgiveness, need for freedom.

The Snow Queen: power of prayer, sacrifice, generosity, angelic help, child-like innocence is power.

The Little Match Girl: soul goes to heaven, "joy and splendor."

The Goblin at the Grocer’s: value of books, beauty of poetry.