QUINCY – A week ago, surrounded by parents and grandparents with excitement in the air, I stood outside a classroom at the Bernazzani Elementary School on Furnace Brook Parkway. The closed door to Mrs ...

Ginny Meskell didn’t want to see the classic fairy tales lose all of their ground to Dora The Explorer and Blues Clues. So for the past decade, the kindergarten teacher organized a “Fairy Tale Banquet ...

In Other Ever Afters, Melanie Gillman’s new graphic novel collection of fairy tales, queer people find happiness, community, and kindness. It feels almost revolutionary, updating fairy tales’ ...

Slate receives a commission when you purchase items using the links on this page. Thank you for your support. Each story in White Cat, Black Dog is explicitly linked to a specific fairy tale. Link’s ...