The Glass Dog By L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum is not an unfamiliar name to many Americans. Best known for his very famous children’s book, The Wizard of Oz, Baum also wrote several other fairy tales, short stories, poems, and scripts throughout his lifetime. The Glass Dog is a short fairy tale that was included […]
Fairy Tale Friday #5: The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio) by Carlo Collodi
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le Avventure Di Pinocchio) By Carlo Collodi The Adventures of Pinocchio, originally titled Le Avventure Di Pinocchio was written by Carlo Lorenzini, better known by his pen name of Carlo Collodi. Carlo was an Italian author, who liked writing about characters who were rascals in allegorical ways. Pinocchio, being one of […]
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Fairy Tale Friday #4: The Enchanted Pig (Porcul cel fermecat) by Petre Ispirescu
The Enchanted Pig (Porcul cel fermecat) Written by Petre Ispirescu The Enchanted Pig, originally published as Porcul cel fermecat in Legende sau basmele românilor in Bucharest, Romania in 1882. It was written by Petre Ispirescu, a Romanian folklorist, who wrote several tales that were published throughout his lifetime and after. The tale began to gain notoriety as it […]
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Fairy Tale Friday #3: Fairer-Than-A-Fairy (Plus-Belle-que-fée) by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force
Fairer-Than-A-Fairy (PLUS-BELLE-QUE-FÉE) Written by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force Fairer-Than-A-Fairy (originally published in French under the name Plus-Belle-Que-Fee), was written in 1698 by French author Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force. La Force, a French novelist and poet, was best known for her tale Persinette, which was taken by the Grimm brothers and adapted into the […]
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Fairy Tale Friday #2: Ole-Luk-Oie, The Dream God by Hans Christian Andersen
Ole-Luk-Oie, The Dream God written by Hans Christian Andersen One of the more well-known fairy tale authors, Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author in the 1800’s. He wrote Ole-Luk-Oie (or Ole Lukøje in other versions) and published it originally on December 20, 1841 by C. A. Reitzel. Not one of his well-known works, the tale is based […]
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Fairy Tale Friday #1: The Lily of Life by Carmen Sylva
The Lily of Life: a Fairy Tale written by The Crown Princess of Romania, aka Carmen Sylva The Lily of Life: A Fairy Tale is a children’s story that was originally published in 1913. Written by the Crown Princess of Romania, Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise zu Wied, who wrote under the pen name of Carmen Sylva. […]
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Just a Little Update…
Good Evening, Everyone! And Happy Almost Friday! We’re nearly to Friday already. These weeks seem to just fly by lately! How has everyone’s week been treating them? I just wanted to drop in and give a quick update. Most of you know that this WordPress blog is a new one for me, yet She’s Going […]
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Fairy Tale Friday
Happy Friday, everyone! There’s something truly magical about Friday. (It probably has more to do with the fact that the weekend in around the corner.) That’s a bit creepy, isn’t it? Because of the lightheartedness Friday brings around, I thought I’d add a new series to my blog, where I will highlight a fairy tale […]
