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 ...

Curated by University of Colorado Boulder students under the direction of Sean Babbs (Instruction Coordinator for the Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collections) and Suzanne Magnanini (Associate ...

This is a 1st edition of Lang’s The Green Fairy Book. Green hardback with a gold dragon on the cover. Has the name Betty written in it as well as Montgomery and Kendal.

After several violent deaths, sundry fornications and an inventively rigged court trial, Author Willingham brings the book to its crowning mockery, a happy ending. The little flowers, pushing up ...

The best way — perhaps the only way — to read Lucy Rose’s beautiful, terrifying first novel, “The Lamb,” is as a modern fairy tale. Still, anyone expecting the anodyne comforts and ...

Book cover of Kimberly J. Lau, Specters of the Marvelous: Race and the Development of the European Fairy Tale (2024), courtesy Wayne State University Press Racial beliefs, the book suggests ...

Black Woods, Blue Sky” showcases author Eowyn Ivey’s imaginative powers and a deep knowledge of Alaska and its beings.

True fairy tales were never for the faint-hearted ... quickly knocked out of the park after only the first story in this book. Wicked wives, resourceful children, evil parents and murderers ...

May 1 is Mother Goose Day. Most people don’t know that the legendary author of nursery rhymes and fairy tales has a day dedicated to her. It’s not the type of day when people exchange ...