by Shonna | Jul 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Let’s talk enchanted castles this week. In our read-through of Grimm’s Fairy tales, we’ve come across several enchanted castles already. Previously, I’d only thought about Sleeping Beauty (suspended animation) and Beauty and the Beast (animated furniture in the Disney...
by Shonna | Jul 2, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hope everyone is having a fun summer. We’ve got some interesting reading this week: 105: Tales of the Paddock106: The Poor Miller’s Boy and the Cat107: The Two Travelers108: Hans My Hedgehog Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Tales of the Paddock Grimms’...
by Shonna | Jun 29, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
As I work my way through Grimm, I’m also keeping a Pinterest board divided by fairy tale. Some fairy tale boards are easy to fill with illustrations. Others, not so much. There are several tales with empty boards….or boards that only contain pins from the...
by Shonna | Jun 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Hard to believe we’ve already broken into the 100s. Almost halfway there. 101: Bearskin102: The Willow Wren and the Bear103: Sweet Porridge104: Wise Folks Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Willow Wren and the Bear Grimms’ Fairy Tales:...
by Shonna | Jun 22, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Dwarfs are interesting fairy tale characters. In Snow White, they are presented as human dwarfs, living in a cottage in the woods and working in mining of gold and minerals. But in other stories, they are presented more as magical creatures. For instance, in one of...
by Shonna | Jun 20, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Look! We’re all the way up to the first 100 stories in Grimm. We’re almost halfway through the challenge. 97: The Water of Life98: Doctor Know-all99: The Spirit in the Bottle100: The Devil’s Sooty Brother
by Shonna | Jun 16, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Given the choice on which fairy tale to discuss each week, I will most often zero in on a royalty tale over a folk tale. And this week, The Three Little Birds gave me lots to think about. We have yet another example of people messing with a queen and her children....
by Shonna | Jun 13, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
This week we’re reading through the following stories: 93: The Raven 94: The Peasant’s Wise Daughter 95: Old Hildebrand 96: The Three Little Birds
by Shonna | Jun 12, 2019 | Fairy tales
I finally saw the new Disney Aladdin movie, and I thought it was a fun addition to the fairy tale canon. My two teens wanted to go with me and that reminded me how great Disney is at creating family movies. I mean, my teens are older teens and they still want to see...
by Shonna | Jun 8, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
Fairy tales in the original form of short stories have spawned countless retellings which flesh out their hidden parts into full-length novels. So, it follows that writers can learn to write the dreaded synopsis by using fairy tales as examples. A synopsis as often...
