Check out this video about the newly discovered unfinished fairy tale by Mark Twain! Author Philip Stead and illustrator Erin Stead explain how they finished Mark Twain’s tale.
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Have you ever wanted to play a game in the world of Baba Yaga? Check out this video on a game based on just that! As creator Ekaterina Muravevskaia describes, “The game introduces players to the world of the Russian fairy tale ‘The Magic Swan Geese’ and encourages them to reflect on characters’ emotions through […]
Acclaimed author Jewell Parker Rhodes is coming to Gainesville this fall. She will be gracing us with her presence at Smathers Library East Room 100 on Tuesday, September 26th at 2:00pm. Or catch her at the public library, downtown Gainesville, at 6:30pm that same evening. Come one and come all!
Through the American Library Association’s Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship, Angela Reynolds, a Nova Scotian librarian, was able to complete some stunning research on the legendary fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood. The versions that Reynolds uncovered had such disparate discoveries as “cannibalism, financial planning, and magical wasps.” Reynolds telling her story in her own words:
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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine has been voted one of the top indie games of the year! Here is Game Informer‘s take on this ground-breaking game: “Envisioned as “a bleak American folktale, Where The Water Tastes Like Wine is a gripping and morbid adventure game that lets players explore the landscape of the country, using stories they find […]
Laura Zalenga is a Southern German self-taught photographer. Her series entitled Grimm Compact, showcases intimate portraits from iconic fairytales. The photographer on her work: “Whenever we see a girl with a red coat we think of Little Red Riding Hood, whenever we see a single shoe someone points out that must be Cinderella’s. So I focused […]
Can you really have too much of a good thing? If we are speaking about fairy tales then the answer is a resounding NO. One can never have too many fairy tales in their life. This may have been the inspiration for the monthly newsletter Fairy Tale Roundup, which just recently launched into folks’ inboxes. Its […]
“Tale as old as time…” It seems nowadays everyone has Beauty and the Beast fever! Thank goodness that the film will be released today, March 17, 2017! Many outstanding creations will coincide with the long-awaited live-action film starring Emma Watson. One such fabulous creation is the collaboration between British fashion designer Christopher Kane and Disney. Do you want to […]
We have a special treat coming to Smathers Library East (Room 100) on Thursday, February 9, 2017. Frances Gilbert will be coming to give a talk entitled Same Text, New Look: Resurrecting the Classics of Childhood. Check out her bio below. We hope to see you there! Frances Gilbert is the Associate Publishing Director of Random House Books […]
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Time to shine a light on one of our amazing UF alums, Tianrui Geng ’16 MFA (Graphic Design)! Tianrui’s thesis, Bædtime Stories, is a collection of books which highlights her love for animals vis-à-vis critical thoughts on the relationships that humans and animals actually possess. Tianrui’s works move past the façade of “happy-go-lucky” existences to investigate the treatment that […]