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 ...

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 ...

Mythology from all over the world is full of fairy tales about childless folk who pray to the gods, unwisely invoke fate, or ...

Once upon a time there was a king with three daughters, the youngest of whom was the most beautiful and gentle girl ever seen but the older two rather ugly and proud. One night, the three were talking ...

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 ...

Lone Star Ballet explores the dark side of classic fairy tales in its fall show “A Haunting Whirl through the Brothers Grimm, ...