by Shonna | Dec 7, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
This week we read a story that seemed awfully familiar to two other stories we’ve already read (three others if you include Cinderella, but Cinderella doesn’t quite fit all the elements in these stories.) Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Drummer Three nights. Three...
by Shonna | Nov 30, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Magical realism is a genre set in regular life, but where there is a little bit of magic. So, not a fairy tale land, where people know about fairies. Not a fantasy land where unicorns and dragons run free. But everyday, regular life where suddenly, something out of...
by Shonna | Nov 26, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
This week for our reading challenge, I was having trouble deciding which story to talk about. They were all so varied, yet interesting in their own rights. I looked for a commonality that I could talk about, and then realized I haven’t talked about setting yet!...
by Shonna | Nov 20, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
In the Fairy-tale Forum Facebook group earlier this month, the question of sexism in fairy tales came up again, and members responded with a variety of strong answers against the idea. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Nixie of the Mill-Pond There is a lingering...
by Shonna | Nov 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
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