Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

We must equip our children with story in order to keep them linked with the past and ready for the future.

"Our children are growing up without their birthright: the myths, fairy tales, fantasies and folklore that are their proper legacy." The essays in Touch Magic, Jane Yolen's classic call-to-arms advocating the use of fantasy and folklore in children's literature, echo that statement. Yolen argues persuasively that fantasy, folklore, and the realm of story provide children with the neces...