Parents desire to have good sleep and quality education. Bedtime reading offers both. Most families want stories for kids ...

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 ...

Many much-loved traditional fairy tales are inappropriate, outdated and too scary for young children, according to young Brits. Forty-six per cent of Brits under 30 believe that traditional fairy ...

Once upon a time, there was a generation of parents who decided not to read their children fairy tales. This fairy tale is too scary. This fairy tale is too offensive. Happy-all-the-time stories are ...

Narrating fairytales to children before sleep is a bedtime ritual. Children get cosy and calm down for a good night’s sleep as they listen to their favourite stories. A study published in the British ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Meghan Cox Gurdon’s weekend column “Old Stories Made New—and Woke” (Children’s Books, Nov. 6), she reviews Soman Chainani’s book “Beasts and Beauty,” which rewrites classic fairy tales to “suit ...