"Thumbelina" (Danish: Tommelise) is a fairy tale by the Danish poet an author Hans Christian Andersen. Like the English folk tale "Tom Thumb" and the French literary fairy tale "Le Petit Poucet" by Charles Perrault, "Thumbelina" tells the story of a tiny human being. For some, the tale demonstrates Andersen's identification with the social outsider. Thumbelina was one of Andersen's earliest fairy tales and was first published in 1835. The tale was republished during the author's lifetime. The earliest English translation is dated 1846. The tale has been adapted to various media including animated film.