Once upon a time there was a young prince who wished he had a princess, but not just any princess; she would have to be a real princess. He traveled everywhere, but could not find one, and returned ...

Every Little Mermaid Halloween costume, every reference to “Ugly Duckling Syndrome,” and every use of “the Emperor’s New Clothes” as an idiom ultimately has its roots in the fairy tales of Hans ...

Little Red Riding Hood is surprised to find a wolf in bed instead of her grandmother, in this illustration from a fairy tale by the brothers Grimm. Illustration by Dave Cooper, circa 1812.

In this Danish rendition of the Princess in a Coffin tale type, you observe a king and queen that are unable to naturally bear a child, so they must seek the help of a wise old woman to fulfill their ...

Artists > Arthur Adams > Artworks > Arthur Adams "Waiting For The Prince" Illustration Original Art (1984). This riff on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was used as Art Adams' first signed limited ...

Jules Verne's "Twenty thousand leagues under the seas: a world tour underwater" in "Quello che c'era una volta" by Studio Rebigo. Young readers will soon learn something more besides the traditional ...

The Frog Prince will never seem the same.

airy tales date back 6,000 years, yet they continue to pop up in our psyches and the news. The tropes are timeless. A poisoned apple? Understood. A red cape? We get it. But fairy tales also endure ...