fairy tales · 20. January 2024
Iron John, a fairy tale by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, is a story about growing up. A boy tries to become a man. On his journey he is protected by a wild man called Iron John.
02. December 2023
Jessie Marion King was Scottish illustrator, designer, and much much more!
other · 16. November 2023
Little Red Hen is a well-known story that, by definition is not a fairy tale but a fable. Feel free to check the differences between fables and fairy tales. Little Red Hen tells about the hen who wants to make a leaf of bread. This is not very complicated but demands some planning, patience, and, above all, activity. She has a few friends who live in the same place but none of them seems interested to help. So she does everything by herself and in the end denies everybody else to eat with her.
other · 11. July 2023
Is there any truth in fairy tales? Was there a real Rapunzel or Snow White? How about Red Riding Hood? How many autobiographical elements of authors can be recognized in classic stories for children?
fairy tales · 10. May 2023
Snow White and Rose Red is a fairy tale from the collection of the Brothers Grimm. It tells a story about two sisters, living in the wood, who met a nice bear and a grumpy dwarf. The bear became their friend, but the dwarf hates them despite the fact they saved his life several times. In the end, it's revealed that the bear is actually a handsome prince enchanted by the dwarf who wanted to steal his treasures.
illustrators · 21. August 2019
Sarah Noble Ives was christened as Sarah Maria Ives but most often signed her work just as Noble Ives. Many female artists did that in times where the mere gender of the artist may drastically reduce the possibilities of earning in the rough and competitive world of creatives. Her initial education came at home, at the schoolhouse on Grosse Ille, from Port Huron High School and Edna Chafee Noble's Training School (from Ms. Noble Sarah's 'middle' pen-name came from). She showed artistic...
fairy tales · 26. July 2019
Red Riding Hood is extremely popular fairy tale, known in numerous versions and offering countless interpretations.
illustrators · 12. June 2019
This legendary illustrator, often using only by initials of his first names (W. W. Denslow) is best known as the original illustrator of The Wizard of Oz (or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz). He actually illustrated only the first book and made a design for the stage production but got into conflict with his friend and author Frank Baum about splitting the profits (as it pans out, there was no profit in the first stage version) and John R. Neill took over the illustrative part of the series. Denslow...
fairy tales · 02. June 2019
Goldilocks is pretty simple story about a girl who enters the house of the bears, eats their food and uses their furniture before they find her and she escapes. But its history and the variations of the story are surprisingly rich.
writers · 12. May 2019
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a poet, a writer, and a thinker from the 17th century, from times of Louis XIV, the so-called Sun King. He excelled at many professions and he was one of the most respected men of his times but history will probably remember him mostly by only one of his numerous works: book of fairy tales now famous only by its subtitle: Tales of mother Goose. This book had only eight fairy tales, but among them are some which became classics and are still popular among kids...