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Fairy tales matter, much more than most people think, to both children and adults. For children fairy tales provide another route of learning lessons and morals focusing on how to behave, treat other people and what life can throw at … Continue reading →

Aside from art, movies and commericals fairy tales also come up in music. In some of them specific fairy tales are easy to identify. For example Diana Vickers’ Cinderella (“If Cinderella was here tonight….Midnight calling but she don’t care….I would … Continue reading →

Edmund Dulac is a French and British illustrator. Most of his artwork can be found in magazines, books and on stamps. He was born in 1882 and originally studied law before going to École des Beaux-Arts (National School for Fine … Continue reading →

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who loved to read. Princess Catherine spent most of her day in the castle library hiding from her stepmother, the Queen. The Queen was not jealous of Catherine’s beauty or her … Continue reading →