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Monday, March 16, 2015

A Long Time ago in a Land Far Away...

Hello and welcome to part 1 of my fairy tale series! If you missed my last post, you can view it here and get some context. Today, I want to explore what makes fairy tales so enchanting. The fairy tales we know and love today have persisted for thousands of years in millions of iterations. But why is this? The stories in the recently published "Turnip Princess"...

Saturday, March 7, 2015

The Importance of Fairy Tales

There was a teacher who worked very hard for her students. She toiled away, but felt like she was making little difference. One day, she thought, "I wish I could enhance my students' lives a little more. How else can I teach them important skills like independence and hard work and hope for the future?"  Suddenly, a magical prince named Bettelheim suddenly appeared....