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Monday, February 21, 2022

Fairy Tales

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Do you know which fairy tale this is?

February 26 [Saturday] is Tell a Fairy Tale Day!  When I think of "fairy tale" usually it's a Disney story but not always.  Here are a few fun fairy tale sites:

Here are 17 famous fairy tales
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-fairy-tales.html

This site claims to tell you the top 10 fairy tales ever.  Which one do you think is #1?
https://watchmojo.com/video/id/26146

The Princess Bride: 30 timeless morals from the greatest fairy tale movie
https://ew.com/movies/2017/09/25/princess-bride-fairy-tale-morals/

Are Grimm's fairy tales too grim for children? The original Cinderella, for example, is definitely NOTHING like the Disney version!
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20130801-too-grimm-for-children
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/09/brothers-grimm-fairy-tales-were-never-meant-kids

Fairy tale retellings
https://www.epicreads.com/blog/fairy-tale-retellings-hype/
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fairy-tale-retellings
https://bookriot.com/must-read-fairytale-retellings/

Fairy tale retellings are popular.  Have you ever written, or read, a retelling?  Tell us in the comments!


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