F airy tales have escaped the storybooks, and they are wilder than ever! What happens when fairy tales get a modern twist, a dark edge, or a thrilling mystery? Some series turn cl ...

As Gemini author and academic Jack Zipes maintains, “Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.” ...

The imagined worlds of fairy tales offer not only entertainment for children but also reflections on contemporary times. Polish writers such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, and ...

was one of the early French fairy tale authors and actually popularized the term fairy tales (contes de fées in French). She published most of her fairy tales in 1697 and 1698. The 1690s, in ...

The books in this series are written by contemporary children's authors and are based on classic fables and folk and fairy tales. The series is designed to encourage children to read and develop a ...

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com.