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Golden Goose - a about a young man, who gets a golden goose with magic feathers. Every man or woman grabbing the goose or each other is stuck fast. In this way they all make a princess laugh, who never ever smiles.

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2019-04-03

“Only the chosen ones can be admitted into the realms of the beautiful,” said the apple-tree branch ... from “The Conceited Apple Branch” by Hans Christian Andersen

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2019-04-03


Celebrating born
&
w/the that influenced me as a kid.
Loved reading Classics Illustrated Junior & these were some of my faves!
Comics inspire!

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2019-04-02

It's & we're celebrating stories that changed our young lives. For Laurel, it's HC Andersen's collections of fairy tales; 'The Wild Swans' in particular, about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from an evil queen's spell.

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2019-04-02


ANIMALS can play important roles in &
& EC did an issue featuring them.
Read some tales HERE
https://t.co/jpAYpWRSWT
featuring tales by



&more

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2019-03-27

Fairies and their imaginative vehicles... fairy paintings by Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896) who was born on the Isle of Man in 'Port-e-Chee', which means ‘fairy music’ in Manx Gaelic. The local inspired her work.

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2019-03-26

A domestic is a helpful, good-natured rogue. Only revengeful if irritated, this elf a step lower than other fairies. They live with mortals. & desire our food, clothing, & a bowl of cream in the same spot every night, or else they get angry. 🧚‍♀️

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2019-03-26

The Brothers Grimm. A quick, small ink painting I did last year.

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2019-03-26

John Anster Fitzgerald was a Victorian era fairy painter and portrait artist. He was nicknamed "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his main genre. Many of his fairy paintings are dark and contain images of ghouls, demons, and references to drug use.

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2019-03-19

For some beautiful illustrations by Igor Karash for Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories'
https://t.co/OscW2hAqS6

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2019-03-12


"She’d once been beautiful.
The transition was slow,
like a shiny apple with a rotting core..."
BEASTLY HEART by
in 100-500 words

Read it HERE https://t.co/oG2UxT8Lsh …

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2019-03-06


What do an artist who drew fungi
a spy for the French govt.
& a travelogue writer have in common?
They're all FAIRY TALE FOUNDERS
Beatrix Potter, Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy & Hans Christian Andersen
Read article on them:
https://t.co/oMDmjnbncV

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2019-03-05