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by artist Gennady Spirin for the fairy tales "The Real Princess", and "Children of Lir"

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2020-01-22


by Vladimir Konashevich, for Pushkin's "The Tale of the Dead Princess & the Seven Knights"

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2020-01-22


‘The Bee and the Orange Tree’;
une fille, Aimée, qu'elle put voir, et se lièrent d'amitié avec les Ogres; et les a interrogés sur leurs méfaits; ils lui font confiance et la croient, car elle peut parler aux abeilles,
(French fairy tale, by Madame d'Aulnoy),

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2020-01-22



Joyce Mercer (1896 - 1965, English) for two Hans Christian Andersen stories:

1. The Wild Swans - from 1838
https://t.co/l9oifn84pm

2. The Red Shoes - from 1845
https://t.co/dhdj4XEGwV

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2020-01-22

Červená labuť (Red Swan) is a fairy tale compilation by Czech National Revival writers like Karel Jaromir Erben and Božena Němcová. It includes a Czech variation of the Russian Firebird tale. Gorgeous illustrations by Karel Svolinsky.

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2020-01-22

- Greek Mythology: Cassandra – the Gift and the Curse of Apollo - https://t.co/wtgDMp19vS

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2020-01-21

“Once upon a thyme, when magic overruled logic, a very curious young girl lived with her grandmother at the edge of a silver forest.” Find the story and a recipe for Winter Chicken Vegetable Gratin at https://t.co/Tj2gmdo6Ib. Art:

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2020-01-15

Happy This week on the we're focused more on the side of things, but the first has a young apprentice getting painted as a fool and is definitely a great start to the week.
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2020-01-15

Aschenputtel often sat at her mother's grave, whr a sapling grew, watered by her tears. She wished with all her heart for a gown and slippes to wear to a royal ball, and three times her wish came true
1. Wanda Gag 2. Millicent Sowerby

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2020-01-15

A delightfully painting of Cinderella holding her pet mouse.



Art by Martine Lepore

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2020-01-14

So many different images of have appeared over time. This one is by the artist(s) Safir Rifas. I love the dark fairy tale atmosphere of this. Titled: Cinderella: Black and White.


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2020-01-14

An unloved girl put on her cloak & went to the river. She waded into the icy water, but was tugged back by a wolf, who told her to live. He found her strong medicine, rooms with a kind family, hearty food & the deep constancy of love from a dying old wolf.

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Little Red Riding Hood was a fave tale of mine growing up because Little Red was a relatable kid heroine who wasn't a princess, the most beautiful or smartest, and didn't always listen to her mother. I loved my LRRH books growing up!

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2020-01-08

Perrault's early Red Riding Hood tale had a warning attached, advising well brought-up young ladies not to dally with dangerous beasts, lest they be swayed by the charms of a wolf in disguise.

Henriette Willebeek Le Mair (1889-1966 Dutch)

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2020-01-07

‘“O Grandmother, what big ears you have got” she said’
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1909. Illus. Arthur Rackham

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2020-01-07

American illustrator, Trina Schart Hyman, illustrated more than 140 children's books. These illustrations are from her 1983 re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood.




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2020-01-07

Fairy Tales: and Little Red Riding Hood https://t.co/en6vdQyHuK via
by Alejandra Acosta

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2020-01-07

In 1991, Beni Montresor (b. Italy 1926-2001) illustrated the Charles Perrault version of Little Red Riding Hood, referencing Gustave Doré's (1832-83) illustrations. Red's demise is macabre, but the final image of her intact & the hunter's silhouette gives hope

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2020-01-07

An end-of-year gift to myself - Folio Society editions of Andrew Lang’s Yellow, Red, and Pink Fairy Books, to sit alongside the Blue and the Green volumes I picked up last week. Fitting additions for the last of the year. 2019 - Ye ende. 📚🧚‍♀️

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