Fairy Tales

Fairy tale is a type of short narrative that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories thus designated explicitly refer to fairies.

Fairy tales are high fantasy based on stories that are not only not true, but that couldn't possibly be true, while Legends are sometimes perceived as real or plausible. Fairy tales may merge into legends, where the narrative is perceived both by teller and hearers as being grounded in historical truth. However, unli
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The Unicorn Hunters
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The Secret World of Briar Rose
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
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W.H. Auden
The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.
W.H. Auden

Mo Willems
If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

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