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A recent favourite of ours is East of the Sun and West of the Moon. A Norwegian fairy tale that starts like Beauty and the Beast but then becomes an epic quest to save the prince from long nosed false bride

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2022-03-02

The Norwegian tale, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, tells of a poor peasant girl who is married off to a white bear! At night he transforms into a handsome Prince but it’s so dark she cannot see what he looks like.
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2021-11-30

“If you stand in a line, you’ll marry a swine; If you stand on a square, you’ll marry a bear.” in Secret Spells and Curious Charms. by the brilliant  

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2020-09-18

Lord Peter is the transformation tale of beheaded cat who becomes a human princess. This is that story in McCall’s Read Me a Story Book (1961). by Leonard Weisgard.

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2019-05-02