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  • CLASSIC TALES: The Fairies & The Dandelion by Abbie Phillips Walker

    Well, today The Fairy Tale Magazine is featuring a Classic Tale, originally published in 1867, by author The Fairy Queen stopped the dance and listened. Away went the Fairies into the fields and gardens and lanes. said one Fairy. The Fairies kept their promise, and when it was time to take off their fluffy white caps they went among

  • The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales by Nicholas Jubber

    Nicholas Jubber’s The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales is a fascinating of Tales contains early variants of many well-known fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty (Sun, Moon, that come from 1001 Nights to Antoine Galland, and then he writes about the French fairy tale salons Jubber advises against reading fairy tales for a universal message. The book teaches readers to think about tellers who have preserved fairy tales for the future.

  • Fairy Tale Flowers by Kelly Jarvis

    Editor's Note: Fairy tales and flowers - the perfect way to celebrate spring - is today's enchanting Now, as I wander through volumes of fairy tales, my memories of my grandmother help me notice the flowers The Brothers Grimm have even leant their name to a variety of Fairy Tale Roses that grow in clusters No fairy tale rose is more famous than the one featured in Beauty and the Beast. Hans Christian Anderson fills the gardens of his fairy tales with roses as well.

  • Kate's Picks: The Fairy Tale Magazine's ZAZZLE Store

    This week's pick: The Fairy Tale Magazine's ZAZZLE Store This week’s pick is our Zazzle store. And every penny of profit goes to The Fairy Tale Magazine. I’m also a fan of notebooks, and we’ve got some terrific ones for sale with Amanda’s images and some The pictures you see here are for sale in our shop as digital downloads and are featured on Zazzle merchandise

  • Cinderella’s Hearth: Fairy Tale Birthday Cards

    My sister Amy hit the jackpot when she sent me the pink fairy tale card.  There is a true fairy tale sense to it—the designer clearly leaned into the fairy tale inspiration. ❤️ Kate Wolford is the publisher of The Enchanted Press and The Fairy Tale Magazine.

  • Throwback Thursday: Fracturing Fairy Tales For Fun & Profit by Heather Talty

    Editor's Note: Fracturing fairy tales is one of the most amusing and enjoyable ways to recast the stories But why fracture a fairy tale? Her series of fractured fairy tales, The Princess Tales (Harper Collins, 1999-2002), often work to explain or flesh out fairy tales. Take a fairy tale you love and rewrite it. Then take a step back and read over your own work.

  • Book Review: Close Your Eyes: A Fairy Tale by Chris Tomasini

    I loved Close Your Eyes: A Fairy Tale, a beautiful novel set in early 1400’s Northern Europe. Close Your Eyes: A Fairy Tale is the perfect read for anyone who is interested in love and storytelling Kelly Jarvis teaches classes in literature, writing, and fairy tale at Central Connecticut State University She lives, happily ever after, with her husband and three sons in a house filled with fairy tale books She is also The Fairy Tale Magazine's special project’s writer.

  • Book Review: The Narrow Cage & Other Modern Fairy Tales by Vasily Eroshenko

    The Narrow Cage and Other Modern Fairy Tales is a beautiful collection of stories written by a social Renowned fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes explains in his foreword that Eroshenko uses an experimental prose Taken together, the fairy tales in this collection provide a message of hope and transformation. I loved this collection of fairy tales. It is a wonderful complement to traditional fairy tales.

  • Book Review: Fairy Tales Can Change Your Life: Unlock Your Future by Alison Davies

    Fairy Tales Can Change Your Life is a book that presents folklore and fairy tales as solutions to life about “universal” fairy tale themes. tales like Snow White, but her passion for using fairy tale symbols and images to better her readers Fairy Tales Can Change Your Life is a blueprint for taking simple fairy tale inspired actions that will She is also The Fairy Tale Magazine's special project’s writer.

  • Book Review: The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales & Folklore

    The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore by Jasmine Sawers The Anchored World, by Jasmine Sawers Combining foundational knowledge of Western fairy tales with an exploration of Thai fairy tales and folklore a bite, and “A Girl / A Witch / A Crone” plays with fairy tale formulas to contemplate the terms and The Anchored World steers readers through the light and dark aspects of culture, folklore, fairy tale She lives, happily ever after, with her husband and three sons in a house filled with fairy tale books

  • Throwback Thursday: The Fairy Godmother by Judy Lunsford

    You’ll see so many favorites alluded to in this delightful tale, which is filled with charming details It didn’t have far to go to take it to her friend, and she thought it would be nice to get rid of the When she was sure that the girl’s stepmother and stepsisters were gone, she headed inside to talk to

  • CLASSIC TALES: The Mermaid, Re-told by Lyonesse

    Editor's Note: Can a mermaid ever be tamed and live a fully human life? That's the question behind today's classic tale from the book, Legend Land, published in 1922, and retold If you'd like to read more mermaid tales, check out our "Song of the Sea Issue" HERE. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs, and, taking upon themselves the form of

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