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Despite early memories of “Sleeping Beauty,” I don't recall many particulars of the princess herself. She was kind. She was sweet and considerate and beautiful, and throughout my childhood, she always seemed oddly faceless ( Read more... )

When I was small, Bony Legs by Joanna Cole was one of my two favorite story books. In it, a little girl named Sasha is sent by her mother to borrow needle and thread from the old lady who lives in the hosue on chicken feet in the woods. Naw, nothing bad could happen in that scenario. Of course Bony Legs captures Sasha and makes her clean and ( Read more... )

I don't have a lot to add to Tessa's excellent analysis of “Donkey Skin,” apart from a few thoughts on the convention of female beauty in fairytales ( Read more... )

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