What a delicious jolt nostalgia can deliver! There are moments in adulthood when we catch sight of something we’d forgotten we loved as children, and it feels as though a gong has been struck in our ...

When you look at a child's bookshelf, you expect to see colorful picture books with imaginary animals, classic chapter books about mice riding off on motorcycles, and age-old fairy tales retold in new ...

Milana Anderson's new book got me thinking unexpectedly about how fairy tales not only can help readers ​learn about animal ...

What if every fairy tale you heard as a child was just one part of the story? What if another version was more realistic and perhaps a bit more wild? Would you want to read it? Of course you would; we ...

‘Grapes as large as eggs, each of them ripe and sweet and juicy . . . baby cream cheeses smoother than velvet . . . spicy sausages . . . melting beefsteaks ...

Parents who shun traditional fairy tales in favour of 'more politically correct' modern books are missing vital chances to teach their children a moral code of life, an expert has claimed. Increasing ...

An armour-clad Snow White wages war against her wicked stepmom. Hansel and Gretel are witch-killing bounty hunters. Little Red Riding Hood has undergone a Twilight makeover and is torn between two men ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...