Fairy tale stories are part and parcel of childhood. Endlessly retellable (and spoofable—we’re looking at you, Shrek) and filled with sometimes-questionable life lessons, fairy tale stories for kids ...

One of the most popular fairy tales today, "Beauty and the Beast" comes from folkloric traditions, with literary origins in 1740 by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve in as a novella. In 1757, ...