Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The movie theater was dark, a sense of excitement filled the air and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was on the large screen. The year was 1954 and I was five years old. My father sat next to me in ...

Grandma, what big eyes you have. Little Red Riding Hood's granny will be shocked to see what's happened to her fairy tale. The centuries-old cautionary children's story - kids, don't talk to strangers ...

Fairy tales have been a part of childhood for generations, captivating young minds with magical worlds, brave heroes, talking ...

Actor and children’s author Greg McGoon had hit the second book slump. His first book, Out of the Box, chronicled a boy who uses his imagination to make friends. But now he found himself straining for ...

Zipes might argue that its truth stems from an engagement with its conditions of origin. As he has persuasively shown, both in his most recent book and in many previous ones, the tales reflect the ...

Trespassing, kidnapping, extortion — sounds like a meaty “Law and Order” episode, right? Maybe, but I’m talking about fairy tales: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and ...

There’s no reliable way to score the game, but it’s at least arguable that the European fairy tale has been the source for more popular entertainments than any other narrative tradition -- more than ...

When I received Multiple Gold Medal–Winning Author Milana Anderson's latest book Animal Fairy Tales: Bedtime Animal Short Stories for Kids (Book Ten: Touch of Love) and started reading it, I couldn't ...

Bathed in a golden light, she looks out from a photo resembling a fashion magazine spread with a commanding stare, surrounded by massive teddy bears. Instead of yellow curly hair, she wears thick, ...