Gina Chen is understandably hyped up. The local author just finished a Comic-Con panel and has been meeting fellow authors and fantasy fiction enthusiasts for most of the day. So while one would think ...

“We talked about the original fairy tale, and then we read a fractured fairy tale,” said library assistant Lyanne Kelly. “A fractured fairy tale takes a fairy tale apart and puts a little spin on it ...

When Sandra Cisneros was writing her new book “Have You Seen Marie?” she thought of it as a fairy tale, not to say that any princesses in distress or saucer-eyed woodland creatures make an appearance.

There's a societal need for fairy tales. Their stories of magical fantasy helped spark initial creativity and imagination in all of us. But fairy tales are inherently designed for children. As we grow ...