Classic fairy tales

CLASSIC FAIRY TALES — The Art of Scott Gustafson

The weird and wonderful world of fairy tales is much wider than you may have realized. Here are underrated fairy tales you may not know.

Snow White illustration by Jada Rowland from the book The Classic Grimm's Fairy Tales

Classic fairy tale picture books every child and family should read.

The classic fairy tale about a little girl with a red cape and the big bad wolf. Read fairy tales and bedtime stories for kids free online at Storyberries.

A brief summary of seven famous fairy tale illustrators.

Thumbelina by jurithedreamer on DeviantArt

I used to have a big poster of this painting on my wall when I was 16 and all I knew about it then was the caption said "Queen Mab". Many years later when I found it on the web it was entitled "Feeling Very Undancey Indeed," and when I researched it a bit more I discovered it was actually from Arthur Rackham's illustrations for J M Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Ah, so that explains why I loved the painting so much! I love J. M. Barrie~the world has lost way too much of its…

Every fairy tale has an original story behind it. Some of these fairy tale origins, as would be unexpected, are very gruesome or just outright scary. In this article, we will go through some of the horrific but true fairy tale origins that often go unnoticed or simply unknown.