Every year Hollywood comes out with a new fairy tale. Whether it’s animated or live action, there’s going to be one somewhere, but the new trend seems to be to twist them. Disney twisted the ending of Beauty and the Beast with the Beast being a cursed prince and the hero in the end, and […]
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2015 Winter/Spring Fairy Imaginings
Yesterday I talked about fairy tale re-imaginings that my teens are in love with; today I’m sharing winter/spring fairy tale imaginings that are coming late 2014/early 2015. There are tales of Wonderland, the finale of the Lunar Chronicles, Arthurian descendants, and more. Internet readers fairest and wise, how many of these will you buy?
Fairy Tales Abound
Has anyone noticed the massive appearance of fairy tale rellings in YA books lately? I know that teen trends tend to go in cycles, and things that were once down come back (think of all the vampire books we had right after Twilight, for example). However, there are an AMAZING amount of retellings showing […]
Forgotten Fairy Tale Movies
I am a sucker for a good fairy tale movie- but it has to be a GOOD fairy tale movie. I know the historical versions from the cleaned up versions, and depending on my mood I can go either way (although, if you take a look around my office, it certainly leans towards the villainous […]