You probably know that the original Brothers Grimm fairy tales didn't have the same sort of kid-friendly happy endings as the Disney versions. But it’s not because ...

Although fairy tales did not appear in Scholastic’s forecast of children’s publishing trends for the coming year, they certainly blanketed the arts media in 2012, the bicentennial of the Brothers ...

Just in time for the Halloween season, Adam Gidwitz's "A Tale Dark & Grimm" gives some classic fairy tales an awesome reboot. Read an excerpt from the latest pick of Al’s Book Club for Kids. Just in ...

From Cinderella to Rapunzel to the really gruesome tales you might not know – the myth and magic of the Grimm Brothers fairy tales. Hansel and Gretel by Arthur Rackham 1909. Once upon a time – 200 ...

The Grimm brothers' fairy tales are about to get a lot more... grim. For the first time, the original first edition of the fairy tale collection has been translated into English, and things aren't ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. In the 200 years since the ...

Once upon a time, two centuries ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm set out to gather folk stories for posterity. Little did they know that the collection of tales they published would become one of the most ...

Jacob Grimm died 150 years ago today, four years after his younger bother Wilhelm. Together they changed forever the face of literature, especially children’s literature, with their collection of ...

In 2012, readers around the world were intrigued to learn that a researcher in northern Bavaria had discovered hundreds of never-published fairy- and folktales collected by the 19th-century folklorist ...

This tale starts with the princess being born and all of the fairies presenting her with birthday wishes. One fairy, who had not been invited to the party, cursed her and said that during her ...

Jacob Grimm died 150 years ago today, four years after his younger bother Wilhelm. Together they changed forever the face of literature, especially children’s literature, with their collection of ...