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Books Posted onDecember 27, 2017September 16, 2019

What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire

Rating: 2.5 of 5 “As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage’s tale of a newly-hatched,…

Books Posted onJanuary 18, 2017September 16, 2019

The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson

Rating: 3.5 of 5 A fox falls in love with a human and does everything in her power to win him for herself, no matter…

Books Posted onDecember 14, 2016September 16, 2019

The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales

Rating: 4 of 5 From the Introduction: “From the woods to the stars, join us on eighteen extraordinary journeys into unexpected territories, uncharted lands, and…

Books Posted onNovember 9, 2016

Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment by Kate Forrester

Rating: 4.5 of 5 Synopsis: “The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore. Translated and…

Books Posted onOctober 11, 2016

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

Rating: 4 of 5 Synopsis: “Imogen and her sister Marin escape their cruel mother to attend a prestigious artists’ retreat, but soon learn that living…

Books Posted onSeptember 13, 2016

Beyond the Glass Slipper: Ten Neglected Fairy Tales To Fall In Love With by Kate Wolford

Rating: 4 of 5 Synopsis: “Some fairy tales everyone knows—these aren’t those tales…won’t leave novices of fairy tale studies lost in the woods to grandmother’s…

Books Posted onAugust 19, 2016

The Golden Key: A Victorian Fairy Tale by George MacDonald

Rating: 4 of 5 Synopsis: “When young Mossy hears the legend that anyone who manages to find the end of a rainbow will be rewarded…

Golden Dreams the Art of Ruth Sanderson
Books Posted onJanuary 24, 2016

Golden Dreams: The Art of Ruth Sanderson

Rating: 5 of 5 THE best Christmas present of 2015! Highly recommended to any collector of fairy-tale illustrations and/or fan of Ruth Sanderson’s work. Filled…

Books Posted onMarch 6, 2015

The Coachman Rat by David Henry Wilson

Rating: 4 of 5 Certainly as gruesome as any tale by the Brothers Grimm, maybe even more so. Filled with melancholy and misanthropy. NOT for…

Books Posted onJanuary 25, 2015

Wolves and Witches: A Fairy Tale Collection

Rating: 4 of 5 “Witches have stories too. So do mermaids, millers’ daughters, princes (charming or otherwise), even big bad wolves. They may be a…

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