"Fairy Tales" Blogs & Blog Posts

A wildlife photographer named Simon Dell built this incredible cottage for the mice in his garden. He made it from old props, fruit, and vegetables, and the mouse family seems so happy there. I love the little details, such as the teapot made from an...

Very stable genius Kenneth Copeland, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, appeared on a television special last night to educate the world on why there are so many school shootings. It's not because of easy access to deadly assault weapons;...

This whimsical 1911 version of Pinnochio was the first movie based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. This film came out three decades before Disney's version of Pinnochio and is a silent live-action film directed by Giul...

  Do forgive a short fanfare! My book of essays on fairy tales, ‘Seven Miles of Steel Thistles’, is once again available from Amazon in paperback and e-book. Originally published in 2016 by the Greystones Press, it received some lovely revie...

Savior of misbehavior Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs sings a hauntingly beautiful rendition of the 1943 holiday standard "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas." Directed by Phil Harder, the music video is based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy ta...

Jesus pays a visit to a couple in their Christmas-adorned living room and points to their fireplace. "What's with the animal socks?" he asks. When the couple explains that they are "stockings for Santa to fill," Jesus looks perplexed. "Who's Sa...

  I cannot know for sure whether Charlotte Brontë ever read the story of Beauty and the Beast, but it seems quite likely that as a child she would have read and loved the version by Madame LePrince de Beaumont, first published in English in 17...