Trung Le Nguyen’s “The Magic Fish” and Jerry Pinkney’s “The Little Mermaid” recast the classics. By Jen Wang THE MAGIC FISH By Trung Le Nguyen THE LITTLE MERMAID By Jerry Pinkney Like most American ...

You've likely heard the story of "The Little Mermaid" many times before. It begins with a mermaid longing to explore the human world — a longing that intensifies when she falls in love with a prince.

On Friday, Disney's live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid is hitting the big screen, and I could not be more excited. As someone whose favorite Disney princess has always been Ariel, I know the ...

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Race And The Development Of The European Fairy Tale, Literature Professor Kimberly Lau reveals how “innocent” stories often ...

From classic fairy tales from authors such as The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson to new and original fairy tale books, you can introduce gentle versions of the stories to young children in ...

Last year, star Michael B. Jordan provoked a storm of criticism with just one line in a Vanity Fair cover profile: “We don’t have any black mythology, or folklore.” Jordan later clarified his comment, ...

Halle Bailey's casting is a breakthrough for the industry, but there's another conversation to be had. Hollywood films and TV series often treat black history as if it began with the transatlantic ...