Festive Fantasy Adventures to TBR

Wintry fairy tales for the high adventurers fans out there.

1. Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
2. Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
3. Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley
4. The Bright & the Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski
5. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
6. The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
7. Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
8. East by Edith Pattou
9. A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
10. Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross
11. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
12. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
13. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
14. Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley
15. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
16. Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
17. The Girl from Shadow Springs by Ellie Cypher
18. Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illustrator)
19. Winter’s Fury by A.E. Rayne
20. A Soul as Cold as Frost by Jennifer Kropf
21. The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence
22. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
23. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
24. The Anvil of Ice by Michael Scott Rohan
25. Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton

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Writing Prompts: Fairy Tales

It’s that time again folks. Get your pens ready and write!

• Red Riding Hood stalked the hunter known as “The Wolf.”
• Snow White fled into the woods after her coup went awry.
• Rapunzel knew her hair was long enough to chop off and use as a ladder, but she liked the tower. It was safe. How do you save an agoraphobic princess from herself?
• The three bears were hiding the little blonde girl. She needed a sanctuary; they had much love and porridge to give.
• Being the last child in Hamelin Town is maddening. You set off to find your friends and set things right.
• Cinderella had married her prince. She should be happy. Yet why does she still feel as if she were a bird in a cage?
• The Cave of Wonders never held earthly riches. It was literally an oasis; a link to the Garden of Eden on earth.
• Jack needed to be caught and punished. He was a giant murderer after all. A thief too. Justice must be done!
• Belle needed to observe the Beast up close for her book. Offering herself up as a prisoner would be the perfect ploy to get inside the castle.
• Hansel and Gretel became well known witch hunters, but they both had a secret. They were magic users themselves.
• The Ugly Duckling was no duckling at all. It was a baby dragon.
• It was the court date for the Three Little Pigs Architecture Firm. Two of their houses had fallen down on the families occupying them. Judge Wolfeson would be presiding.
• Sleeping Beauty had awoken to a modern world: one of test tubes and men in white coats studying her.
• Rumpelstiltskin hoped the miller’s daughter would never guess his name. He needed to have an excuse to see her again. Her beauty dazzled his trickster’s heart.
• Truth was the prince had wished to be a frog. He had wanted a simpler life even if that life included eating bugs.

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Ms. Hepburn’s Secret

Celtic Tales

(via fuckyeahvintageillustration:)

‘Celtic tales’ by Louey Chisholm; with pictures by Katharine Cameron. Published 1910 by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York.

See the complete book here:

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7138726M/Celtic_tales

Alice In Wonderland: Korean Style

Illustrator Obsidian

For more Korean inspired fairy tale prints, click below:

http://www.sokiki.com/tag_23/+korea+illustrator+obsidian+illustrations+lovely+interesting+korea+version+alice/

Once Upon A Time. . . .

”She could not help setting the door a little ajar, just to peep in, when—Pop! out flew the Moon.”

(via Kay Nielsen’s Stunning 1914 Scandinavian Fairy Tale Illustrations | Brain Pickings)

To View Nielsen’s Illustrations, Click Below:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/27/kay-nielsen-east-of-the-sun-and-west-of-the-moon/