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Tag Archives: fairy tales
Jim C. Hines’s The Stepsister Scheme
Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Cinderella. Some stuff happened involving an evil stepmother, some nasty stepsisters, a glass slipper, and a prince. Cinderella and her prince fell in love, were married, and lived happily ever … Continue reading
Jim C. Hines’s Red Hood’s Revenge
They are the secret protectors of the kingdom of Lorindar. Snow White, the sultry mistress of mirror magic. Danielle, wielder of a powerful glass sword, once known as Cinderella. Talia, whose fairy gifts make her a powerful warrior, but whose … Continue reading
Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak’s Brundibar
Rebecca Scott wrote this review. Pepicek (very small) and Aninku (his sister, even smaller) have a problem: their mother is very sick. The doctor told them to go to town to get milk, but how can two children who have … Continue reading
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World folk tales and fables: an omnibus review
Victor Montejo’s The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables (Curbstone Press, 1991) Anita Brenner’s The Boy Who Could Do Anything and Other Mexican Folk Tales (Linnet Books, 1992) George F. Schultz’s Vietnamese Legends (Charles E. Tuttle Company, … Continue reading
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Roddy McDowall’s Tam Lin, a.k.a., The Devil’s Widow
Lahri Bond wrote this review. Visitors to this website may well be familiar with the famous Scottish Borders legend of Tam Lin. The original ballad, though ancient, was in the collections of both Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, as … Continue reading
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Alison Lurie’s Boys and Girls Forever: Children’s Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter
“It often seems that the most gifted authors of books for children are not like other writers: instead, in some essential way, they are children themselves. There may be outward signs of this condition: these people may prefer the company … Continue reading
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The Brothers Grimm and T.A. Dockray’s Grimm’s Grimmest; introduction by Maria Tatar
So you want read a nice, pleasant story with a happy ending to your daughter as she drifts off to sleep? Let’s see what offered up in Grimm’s Grimmest… Hmmm… There’s the story of the woman who decapitates her stepson, … Continue reading
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Maria Tatar’s The Annotated Brothers Grimm
I can’t even guess how many editions of The Brothers Grimm there have been printed since the Victorian Era. Hundreds would be a safe guess, but if I’d add in the various chapbooks and the like that printed illustrated versions … Continue reading
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Jack Zipes’s The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
One of the prerogatives of being the editor of The Green Man Review is having first dibs on almost anything that comes in. I don’t usually do that as it wouldn’t be fair to our staff, but The Oxford Companion … Continue reading
Jack Zipes’s The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood
The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood comprises 38 variations on the Red Riding Hood theme. These stories, poems, and plays have been collected by professor and author Jack Zipes to illustrate his contention that the Little Red … Continue reading
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