IT is customary to speak of Andersen’s best known short stories as fairy tales; wonder-stories is in some respects a more exact description, but the name has hardly a native sound. Andersen himself ...
With yet another Snow White adaptation currently in theaters, CU Boulder scholar Suzanne Magnanini reflects on the enduring appeal of fairy tales Once upon a time—this time, in fact, and many of the ...
Once upon a time, there was a young heir of Lambton Castle, who lived a very careless life. One Sunday morning he was fishing, and after cursing for a time after having no bites, caught a worm, which ...
Notable writers including Michael Cunningham and Joyce Carol Oates have revamped old fairy tales for a new collection called My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me. Guest host Lynn Neary speaks ...
The Fisherman and His Wife (1882) by Alexander Zick (1845–1907) from Grimms' Fairy Tales, published by Gebruder Reichenbach Source: Gebruder Reichenbach/Public Domain Fairy tales have enchanted us for ...
This book about books is anchored in its story of love, loss, healing and growth. Adults will see the beauty in this tale from the first page. Children will revel in the illustrations and delight in ...
Kids need stories that embolden them. A successful storyline that achieves this presents a conflict and resolution and a protagonist who, despite obstacles, emerges victorious. Many of the old stories ...
A few years before Francesco Ventriglia came to Alberta Ballet, he was tasked with putting a show together based on a new score by composer Alexey Shor. He had been sent the work by a producer. Shor ...
Discover 6 enchanting small towns in Alabama that look straight out of a fairy tale, from tree carvings to storybook castles ...
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