For children, fairy tales are a source of fascination, something that is mystical and opens them up to possibilities. It gives them hope, comforts them to sleep and tells them, there is always a ...

Before almost every one of my performances, I’m invariably approached by more than a few concerned parents who individually find a moment to gently pull me aside and warn me, “I just thought you ...

Author Erik Forrest Jackson explains how kids (and their parents!) will get a kick out of this Muppets version of the literary classics There’s a fun way for elementary school kids (and parents!) to ...

Trespassing, kidnapping, extortion — sounds like a meaty “Law and Order” episode, right? Maybe, but I’m talking about fairy tales: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and ...

Once upon a time, there was a generation of parents who decided not to read their children fairy tales. This fairy tale is too scary. This fairy tale is too offensive. Happy-all-the-time stories are ...

Reading fairy tales can be essential to building the imagination of young readers. Folk tales, meanwhile, can help illuminate life lessons and teach children about traditions held by people all over ...

Walt Disney wants to put a modern twist on classic fairy tales, and not just in the way they are depicted on the TV screen. When the company’s Disney Junior cable network launches “Goldie & Bear,” an ...

When we were kids, "fairy tales" were the cutesy purview of Disney movies and children's books. Princesses sang to animals and princes gallivanted around with their privilege wildly unchecked. Fairy ...