Fairy tales have long celebrated the realm of the imagination. But when an author transplants classic make-believe elements to the present day, does the charm remain? In her Fairy Tale Novel trilogy, ...

So many ways to tell a tale! We tell and retell stories, and never tire of the familiar. There is something comforting about knowing where a story is going, and something thrilling about realizing ...

The children’s story of “Cinderella” is about stepping into someone else’s shoes, and in “Cinderella: A Tale Retold,” there are plenty of shoes to fill. The fairy tale rewrite, by Magnolia Artistic ...

In Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold, ed. by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, 13 authors transform traditional fairy tales into original stories. ""The Girl in the Attic"" by Lois Metzger follows a ...

As we know, the camera likes certain actors. It certainly likes Amanda Seyfried, who has penetrating eyes and ethereal beauty. No doubt director Catherine Hardwicke knows that because of the way she ...

What if every fairy tale you heard as a child was just one part of the story? What if another version was more realistic and perhaps a bit more wild? Would you want to read it? Of course you would; we ...

Reading fairy tales can be essential to building the imagination of young readers. Folk tales, meanwhile, can help illuminate life lessons and teach children about traditions held by people all over ...

Blackwell’s scene-stealing three-dimensional paper sculptures, crafted from vintage book pages, are the centerpiece of this album of seven condensed fairy tales, retold by Jones in simple yet ...

Regina Doman has returned to writing and publishing after tragedy forced her to take a year off. Her third novel for teens and adults, Waking Rose: A Fairy Tale Retold, was released last summer. But a ...

On verso of t.-p.: Ninth edition. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers in colors. "With one exception, all the tales in this book are adapted from the legends collected by Henry R. Schoolcraft ... and ...