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 ...
Down through the slow drip of centuries, certain fairy stories have remained with us, somehow uniquely untouched by the erosion of time. They’ve become a standard part of a child’s upbringing. Even ...