A fairy tale, it turns out, does not necessarily have to have fairies in it. Strictly speaking, it’s a story containing folkloric fantasy characters –…
Dragons come in all shapes and sizes, and run the gamut when it comes to personality, philosophy, civility, and attitude toward humans. Beowulf, Siegfried, and…
IMAGINARY LITTLE PEOPLE In William Joyce’s George Shrinks (HarperCollins, 1987), George wakes up to find that he’s just three inches tall – but he creatively…
Everyone (well, almost) loves Harry Potter – but Harry and friends are not the only wizards. There’s also Gandalf, of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and…