Hans Christian Andersen has several times used his friends and their childrenas characters in his fairy tales and stories.
As a gift to Andersen, I have also used several children I know as characters in my fairy tale drawings. In The Little Match Girl, my dear niece Olivia has thus been given the honor of portraying the dear homeless girl.

There are up til 1.000 references to Hans Christian Andersen’s own life, work and contemporaries in Købke’s fairy tale book, so that both children, adults and Hans Christian Andersen experts will be able to get something very special out of this drawing.

The book has been published in 8 languages – andKøbke has received The Hans Christian Andersen Award 2017 and The Numskull Jack Award 2016 for the book, in which this fairytale drawing of the crying Shepherdess is included.

The Hans Christian Andersen Award that Købke has received has also previously been received by e.g. Johannes Møllehave, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Ghita Nørby, Günter Grass, Ib Spang-Olsen and others.