A new biography, “The Brothers Grimm” by Ann Schmiesing, explores the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and how they created ...

“The Grimms thought the stories and their morals emanated naturally from the German people in an oral tradition, and they ...

Kerry Reid (she/her) has been the theater and dance editor at the Chicago Reader since 2019. Graduating from Columbia College ...

From rags to riches and beasts to beanstalks, these are the popular fairy tales that shape ... find our recommendations for the best books inspired by tales as old as time. Join the free Reader ...

Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses ... Today we’re more familiar with the Brothers Grimm version of this tale, where a girl and her grandmother are gobbled up by a wolf, but ...

Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, is editor of *The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales*. The author of books on the Brothers Grimm, on fairy tales (*The Hard Facts ...

A fairy tale take on the roguelike, Ravenswatch is at its best when played in co-op, combining the unique abilities of its characters. Recommended.

But while her first book brilliantly captured how one tragic ... The novel begins with an excerpt from the Brothers Grimm ...

Not all fairy tales have a happy ending despite what “the mouse” wants you to think.

“By the time your fifth or sixth book comes out ... ‘Oh, I understand Grimm’s fairy tales more; I understand my dad’s fairy tales even more. And when you go to that part of Germany ...