fairy tales

What the Rise and Fall of the Cinderella Fairy Tale Means for Real Women Today

by Carol Dyhouse

"Cinderella dreams an impossible dream: she isn’t a helpful role model for today’s young girls thinking about their future, and is unlikely to regain the intense hold over the female imagination that was evident in the 1950s."

A Brief History of Children's Literature: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

by Jennifer Traig

For most of history, authors have used their words to render children speechless.