When recalling popular fairy tales, most people think of authors from the 19th century like the brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen. But new research finds that popular stories like "Jack ...

T he clearest candidate for America’s favorite fairy tale might be The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The author L. Frank Baum set ...

Evil figures prominently in favorite bedtime stories. But a new translation of the first edition of the Brothers Grimm's tales reveals exactly how unsanitized and murderous these stories once were.

From rags to riches and beasts to beanstalks, these are the popular fairy tales and folktales that shape our happily ever afters.

Author Kelly Link discusses the gendered nature of telling stories and the personal side of fairy tales.

As its dust jacket explains, “After centuries of these abusive tales,” the book undertook to “enlighten and liberate these classic bedtime stories and retell them in a way that is much more ...

Fairy Tales for Young Socialists A collection of political fables from late-19th- and early-20th-century Great Britain offers striking allegories that remain pertinent today.

Wilhelm Grimm – who together with his brother, Jacob, popularized in the 19th century many fairy tales that remain favorites today – believed many were probably thousands of years old.

Critic David Edelstein reviews The Huntsman: Winter's War, a sequel to the 2012 movie, Snow White and the Huntsman, and Tale of Tales, an adaptation of a group of 17th century Italian folk stories.

Fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast can be traced back thousands of years, according to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon.