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fairy tales
Five Fascinating Magical Beings From the Original Charmed
Five Empowering Retellings of “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”
On a Wing and a Prayer: Gregory Maguire’s A Wild Winter Swan
Five Retellings of “Rumpelstiltskin” — A Very Odd Story, Indeed
The Evolution of The Ballad of Mulan
Five Retellings of “The Wild Swans” — A Fairy Tale for Our Current Moment
“Nothing else in the world beyond but trees”: Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
Forbidden Desire and Locked Doors: The Origins of “Rapunzel”
Listen to an Audio Excerpt From Melissa Bashardoust’s Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Read an Excerpt From Melissa Bashardoust’s Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Fairy Tales and Folklore, Young Adult || A girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch discovers what power might lie in such a curse...