Before Disney sprinkled them with some pixie dust, fairy tales were dark, twisted and sometimes ... Hans Christian Andersen’s original Little Mermaid is a straight-up tragedy.

Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses and happily-ever-afters? Think again. The original versions of some of our best-loved fairy tales are a far cry from their Disney-fied incarnations ...

The original Grimm’s version being so violent, the brothers themselves changed it during their lives. “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” are infamous for their dark content. Originally, the brothers wrote the ...

If you’re looking for the best children’s books of fairy tales for kids, find what you need on this big list of wonderful picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books of popular fairy ...