The Blackfoot School of Ballet and Theatrical Arts aims to transport audiences into a magical world of knights, dragons and ...

Don't tell Mable Wilcox that fairy tales don't come true. She'll disagree and offer her garden as proof. Several months ago, Wilcox's back yard resembled a tropical wilderness. Deluges had caused an ...

Father Horrigan came by on his pony, stopping at the first house he came across, which belonged to Dermond Leary, a man who was pleased to have his company but troubled that he had nothing but ...

In the introduction to The Fairies Return: Or, New Tales for Old, well-known children's literature academic Maria Tatar quotes philosopher Ernst Bloch on fairy tales: "'Once upon a time' refers not ...

If your kids are like mine, they love fairy books like these favorite books for all ages, including picture books, chapter books, and middle grade books. And who doesn’t want to believe that fairies ...

The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are deceptively simple: little character development, plots full of holes, dubious moral stances. Like the red-as-blood apple offered to Snow White, ...

Set in a futuristic fantasy city, this book puts a fun spin on fairy tales: fairies exist, but you may wish they did not. Charlie has a parking fairy, which means any driver Charlie is with can always ...

Many types of supernatural creatures appear in movies of various genres. Vampires, werewolves, and ghosts are probably the most common ones. However, those viewers who are looking for something less ...

For my dozens of younger cousins (I lost count long ago), I’ve embraced a special role: I am the caretaker of wonderland. For decades, I’ve hidden Easter eggs, ghostwritten letters from Santa Claus, ...

Of all Disney heroines, Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty, was the least inspiring. Not her fault: How much spark can you wring from a Forever Nap, especially one that's cut off by a kiss from a prince ...