Are you looking forward to Emma Swan’s “final battle” on <i>Once Upon a Time</i>? Or will the penultimate, musical episode always be your favorite? According to Jack Zipes, author of Spells of Enchantment, “Fairy tales are grounded in history: they emanate from specific struggles to humanize…barbaric forces.” As viewers of OUAT know, they also fulfill our […]
Summer’s here, and that means school’s almost out. For almost 3 months, kids will be far from the confines of the classroom, some of them working hard to forget almost everything they learned. At least you can help them avoid the dreaded brain dump this summer by keeping them reading all summer long. Here are 6 ways […]
There are some tropes that never get old, and new takes on classic fairy tales is definitely one of them! Every year there seems to be more of these awesome books magically coming out of the woodwork, and I can understand why: When you are told a story at a young age that sticks with you […]