Fairy tales are a universal part of childhood, expanding minds with stories filled with adventure, love, fantasy, and moral ...

For Hawkeye Community Theatre’s December show, a production of “A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol” will run from Wednesday through ...

Every month, The New York Times publishes a bonus crossword puzzle for subscribers. The theme of this month’s puzzle is folk ...

In this universe, Little Red seduces the Big Bad Wolf, Beauty transforms into a literal fur skin beast, and Puss in Boots uses murder to get what he wants. No, you haven't stumbled into a nightmare, ...

An accomplished novelist and master prose stylist, Michael Cunningham is known in particular for his intertextual practice, something he used to great effect in his 1998 novel, “The Hours,” which ...

Syfy is reinventing fairy tales and pop culture characters as part of its Saturday night TV movie franchise. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Syfy is reinventing fairy tales and pop culture characters ...

We love traditional fairy tales, but putting a sexier spin on old favorites can add some extra magic. We've rounded up some of the best retellings of classic tales out there — ones chock-full of evil ...

Classic fairy tales are reimagined in present-day New York in the dark CBS All Access series "Tell Me a Story." The forests and cottages of those old fables are an urban jungle here, populated with ...

Get ready to go to the swamp, slip on a glass shoe, and be told a charming tale in these great fairy tale movies When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The folk tale tradition—from fairy tales to ghost stories—has origins stretching back to the start of human speech. The art of oral storytelling predates the written word, and has been used for time ...

Disney is taking “Cinderella” to the box office ball on Friday, and its live-action take on the classic fairy tale is expected to run up grosses that would make Superman, Spidey or Wolverine proud.