Illustrated children's book - Thumbelina

A woman who cannot have children asks a witch for help. She gives him a grain of barley to plant: this is how Thumbelina is born. As beautiful as a flower but small as a thumb, the child amazes everyone she meets with her voice. But, when she is kidnapped by a hideous toad and then by an embittered mole, her life is tarnished. It is by caring for an injured swallow that Thumbelina will regain her freedom...