Georgina Warren's Blog: Georgina Warren

Readers, if you want to choose a book for that special stepmom in your life, I will share some recommended titles for all ages! This year for Mother's Day, let's take time to appreciate these remarkable women who become mothers by choice.

Picture Books
The Truth About Stepmoms
A New Special Friend
Me and Ms. Too: A Heartwarming Picture Book about Blended Families and a Librarian Stepmom for Kids
My Stepmom is a police officer
The Princess and the Not-So-Wicked Stepmother

Fiction Novels
The Stepmothers' Support Group
Safe Haven
The Stepmother
Lady Tremaine
The Fairy Stepmother Inc.

Short Story Collections
Stepmothers and the Big Bad Wolf
Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers

Humor
Dear Evil Stepmother: A Wicked Little Handbook for the Women Fairy Tales Got Dead Wrong
Welcome To My Blended Family Circus: In The Beginning, 2015

Memoirs
Stories from a StepMom
My So-Called Unexpected Life: 10 Things I Did to Meet and Marry My Man, Be A Stepmom, Have Babies & Embrace the Life I Never Knew I Wanted by Tania Richard
Stepmother
Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
The Stepmother

Self-Help
The Stepmom's Book of Boundaries
No Little Girl Ever Dreams Of Becoming A Stepmom: A Companion Guide For The Stepmom Journey
Sparent: From the Which Way's Up Series
Girl,Bye!: She's Not Going Anywhere...Neither Are You.

Poetry
Blended Reality
Confessions of a New Stepmom - Nancy Sage

For this author's choice, I will share some of my favorite rabbit books from childhood. Happy Easter!

Watership Down
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Mr. Tod

Bunny Trouble
Guess How Much I Love You
THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLDEN SHOES

Follow this link to read the author’s latest interview on Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers with Lynden Wade, host of Queens, Quills and Quests on Substack.

The Not-at-all-Wicked Stepmother

https://open.substack.com/pub/queensq...

Follow the link below to read the latest review on Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers written by contributor Kelly Jarvis in The Fairy Tale Magazine!

https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/pos...

In her thoughtful collection of stories dedicated to her own stepmother and to “all stepmothers who raise their families with love and fortitude,” Georgina Warren transforms dangerous tropes about blended families by replacing then with endearing tales of fully-realized women who heroically raise children not born of their bodies. Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers features twelve enticing tales that entertain readers while educating them about identity, family, love, and the roles we choose to play.

I am proud to be featured as a guest on The Medusa Literary Journal Blog.

Thank you to Marah Mallm for the lovely interview we shared about my creative journey with Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers and my latest upcoming book. Follow the link below to read the full interview.

Also don’t miss your chance to get a copy of this journal! Marah Mallm is co-editor and author of several poetry collections. If you like poems that are mysterious, dark, romantic, or whimsical, I would highly recommend her work.
Fairytale : A Collection of Fantastical Poems
Dead Men Walking

Stepmothers: Not so Wicked after all

https://www.themedusa.eu/blog/zxra6i4...

To all my dedicated fantasy readers!

It is now 2026, a new year of reading! While I am writing the next volume of virtuous stepmothers, there are some ways to support my first book and share with more readers.

If you have read Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers, please consider the following options to support my book.

Submit reviews here on Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Fable or the Storygraph if you have an account. Add relevant key words to describe your experience with the book. Adventure, fantasy, short stories, magic, family, children.

In Goodreads, you can vote this title on any of these reading lists of books for middle grade fantasy, short stories, original fairy tales, best fantasy/fiction for girls, empowering women in fiction and stories for kids and families.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/book/1...

Sign and share this petition and tell Disney to make more movies with good stepmothers. Maybe they will be inspired to choose my stories for upcoming animated features.
https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-dis...

You can also join my group B3F! to connect with other readers and authors looking for better books that support authentic narratives on blended families. We are accepting new moderators to lead book reading prompts in this virtual group.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Otherwise, request this title at your local library and share with your friends if they enjoy new fairy tales. Let's end the myth of the wicked stepmother once and for all!

For this author's choice, I will share recommended titles on women for Women's History Month and Autism Awareness.

Women's History
You Stand On Her Shoulders: 50 Women Inventors and Pioneers the Patriarchy Doesn't Want You to Know About.

Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection

Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines: A True Story About Intrepid Women Who Battled Weather and Saved Sailors for Children

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

Autism/Neurodivergence
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

Strong Female Character

Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism

Aspergirls

I Wish I Could Sing!

Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls

When I created Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers, I wanted to give stepmothers and their children a collection of fairy tales to entertain and inspire them. With this book I hoped to ease children's fears about getting another parent and to show that stepmoms don't need to feel awkward in this role. Lately I have explored other picture books with themes about difficult life changes that I thought you might like as well. Some children get a new stepparent after the loss of a bio parent from a separation or death. Here are some of my author's choices:

GRIEF/LOSS
I Can't Believe They're Gone: A kid's grief book that hugs, helps, and gives hope
Luna's Red Hat: An Illustrated Storybook to Help Children Cope With Loss and Suicide
Death Is Stupid
Grandpa's Scroll
Love The Unbreakable Bond: Answered questions about death for children
My Freedom Trip by Park, Frances and Ginger Boyds Mills Press,2010

DIVORCE
Stuck in the Middle: A Story About Separation
Mum and Dad Glue
I Have Two Homes
Here and There
Jane Smith aka Thistle Fabuloso: An Up Story About Being Down
Monday, Wednesday, and Every Other Weekend

This February, I will be joining other authors for Fairytale Month. The challenge is to read and share one fairytale per day this month. I will share some recommendations to help you meet your quota if you are interested:

Ebony, Blood, and Snow: New Stories from Old Tales
Selkie Moon
Mothers of Enchantment: New Tales of Fairy Godmothers
The Stepmother's Third Chance
Stepmothers and the Big Bad Wolf
The Reluctant Stepsisters: Cinderella's Untold Story: Unveiling the Truths Behind the Fairy Tale Facade
Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers
The Tapestry Unravels: Weaving old tales into new
Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World
The Book of Forgotten Witches: Dark and Twisted Folklore and Stories from Around the World
Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance: The Forgotten Founding Mothers of the Fairy Tale and the Stories That They Spun
The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales
The Ordinary Princess
The Light Princess

To my dedicated readers, I have a few requests when you submit your reviews on Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers. When you finish the book, I’ve included a list of prompt questions, and you can submit your answers in your review. Choose one prompt from this list and write your response.

1. Share 3 or 4 titles of your favorite stories from my collection.

2. Choose two or three names of your favorite fictional stepmothers from the book and share how they felt inspiring to you.

3. Pick one favorite story and tell me the names of your favorite famous actors you would cast as the characters.

4. If you could choose any of the stories to be made into animated movies or musical plays, which ones do you choose?

5. Any parents sharing the books with their children please submit their words in your reviews so that other readers will know how they felt about the stories.

Thank you for taking the time to read these instructions. I’m excited to hear your perspective on the book. Enjoy!