Five Folklorists You’ve Never Heard Of: A Reading List of Overlooked Fairy Tales

I have imbibed fairy tales ever since I was six years old. I used to sneak into the public library and scatter several books on the floor to read, even if I couldn’t read them. My mother used to read the Grimms and Andersen tales aloud to me every night until I could read them […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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This children’s book about design should be required reading for CEOs

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The Next Civil War Reads Like Dystopian Realism

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Your Kindle can finally read ePub books

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How reading helps us build empathy and resist tyranny

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What will we be reading next year? Five biggest trends from the London book fair

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Scottish university cruelly cancels poor, defenseless, under-read Jane Austen. England panics.

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