The imagined worlds of fairy tales offer not only entertainment for children but also reflections on contemporary times. Polish writers such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, and ...

Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s world sing.

Berlin-based playwright Rebekka Kricheldorf has a fondness for the dark Germanic fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm: her 2012 ...

Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses and happily ... “From this story one learns that children, especially young lasses, do very wrong to listen to strangers. Alas!

Fairy stories are imaginary tales set in fantastical lands. Take these ducks for example. Well, the name 'fairy story' might make you think that the story would be about fairies and nothing else.

The ARD recently produced new adaptions of the brothers Grimm’s classic fairy tales. The films were shot at romantic castles and in enchanted forests all over Germany. The result was a series of ...