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The article focuses on the theme of reimagining familiar stories with different faces, particularly exploring issues of representation and diversity in fairy tales. Topics include personal reflections on experiences of exclusion and identity, discussions on the historical evolution and cultural significance of fairy tales, and calls for embracing diversity and inclusion in storytelling for future generations.

The article considers the affect of children's books on adult psyches. She recalls a conversation in which adults, all of whom were avid readers as children, remembered being strongly influenced by the characters in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," James M. Barrie's "Peter Pan," Robert Graves's Sergeant Lamb novels and the always dangerous fairy tales.

Focuses on the English translations of the tales and stories written by author Hans Christian Andersen. Essential factors in any attempt to assay the wealth of the eventyr og historier of Andersen; Technique used by Andersen in telling his tales; Factor that has affected the editions of his stories.

The article focuses on the author's responses to preconceptions about authors of children's books. The author discusses the differences between writing for children and writing for adults. Children's books, the author suggests, are optimistic and pedagogic by nature. The author compares children's fictional literature and fairy tales.

This article provides information on the benefits of teaching fairy tales to students. The author offers an analysis on the symbolism of revisiting a fairy tale. The article suggests stories for teachers and their students, as well as various lessons to be learned from fairy tales. Additional article topics include Disney fairy tales, the generation of children raised on computers, and the author's experiences as a child.

The article looks at the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, a resource for librarians, teachers, and scholars that contains original illustrations and manuscripts created by hundreds of children's book authors and illustrators. The collection, named after Dr. Lena Young de Grummond, contains works from Kate Greenaway, Randolph Caldecott, and Caldecott-Medal-winning author-illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.

The article profiles Danish poet and writer Hans Christian Andersen, who is best known for his book of fairy tales known as "Tales." Andersen said that life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. The article describes Andersen's background, his life of poverty, and his writing style. According to the article, Andersen's freshness and simplicity are lost in most English translations, but the best English translation is by R. E. Keigwin.

The author discusses the writing of so-called fakelore, or what some critics call fake folklore. Topics addressed include charges by folklorists such as Richard Dorson and Alan Dundes that some authors, editors and publishers are misleading the public with stories that are not genuine folklore, ways in which fairy tales and other folk literature reflect their own times, and the movement of stories into and out of oral tradition. Also mentioned are retellings of German peasant tales.

A first person narrative is presented which explores the author's experience reading variations of the tale "The Three Pigs" with her daughter.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to previously published articles, including the essay "Classic Trouble" by Lisa Yee, "Nobody Knows" by Betsy Hearne, and "And Stay Out of Trouble: Narratives for Black Urban Children" by Lelac Almagor.

The article offers information on "James Marshall's Favorite Fairy Tales" animated fairy tales video based on illustrator James Marshall's cartoon-style illustrations "Cinderella" and "Hansel and Gretel," and mentions voices given for character by actress Kathy Bates.

An interview with Natasha Pulley, author of the book "The Watchmaker of Filigree Street" is presented. She states that her ideas on steampunk is similar to fairy tales. She notes that good characters in books matter than good plotting or good prose. She mentions that she was massively influenced by the book "Tawny Man Trilogy" by Robin Hobb.

An interview with Naomi Novik, author of the book "Uprooted," is presented. She explains her inspiration for writing the book. Novik compares working with fairy-tale source material and the process of writing fanfiction. She also discusses her writing plans and the response of librarians to "Uprooted."