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German Popular Stories. By the Brothers Grimm. Adapted by Edgar Taylor. Edited by Jack Zipes. Kent, UK: Crescent Moon, 2012. 387 pp. (Reviewed by Jennifer Schacker, University of Guelph)

Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov. Edited by Robert Chandler. London: Penguin Books, 2012. 466 pp. (Reviewed by Helen Pilinovsky, Barnard College)

Die Geschichte vom Rotkäppchen: Ursprünge, Analysen, Parodien eines Märchens. 15th ed. By Hans Ritz. Kassel, Germany: Muriverlag, 2013. 296 pp. (Reviewed by Carmen Nolte, University of Hawai‘i, West O’ahu)

Marvelous Transformations: An Anthology of Fairy Tales and Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Edited by Christine A. Jones and Jennifer Schacker. Peterborough, Canada: Broadview Press, 2013. 580 pp. (Reviewed by Veronica Schanoes, Queens College, CUNY)

The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre. By Jack Zipes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012. 235 pp. (Reviewed by Jill Terry Rudy, Brigham Young University)

Angela Carter and Decadence: Critical Fictions/Fictional Critiques. By Maggie Tonkin. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 223 pp. (Reviewed by Kimberly Lau, University of California, Santa Cruz)

Bloody Murder: The Homicide Tradition in Children’s Literature. By Michelle Ann Abate. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. 266 pp. (Reviewed by Michael Levy, University of Wisconsin, Stout)

Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales. By Sara Maitland. London: Granta, 2012. 354 pp. (Reviewed by Stephen Benson, University of East Anglia)

The Fairies Return: Or, New Tales for Old. Compiled by Peter Davies. Edited and with an Introduction by Maria Tatar. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012. 372 pp. (Reviewed by Brittany Warman, The Ohio State University)

La Llorona / The Crying Woman. By Rudolfo Anaya. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. Translated by Enrique Lamadrid. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2011. 40 pp.
Amadito and the Hero Children / Amadito y los Niños Heroes. By Enrique R. Lamadrid. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2011. 60 pp. (Reviewed by Norma E. Cantú, University of Missouri, Kansas City)

Magical Books: From the Middle Ages to Middle-Earth. Exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, May 23–October 27, 2013. Images available at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whats-on/online/magical-books.
Magical Tales: Myth, Legend, and Enchantment in Children’s Books. Edited by Carolyne Larrington and Diane Purkiss. Oxford, UK: Bodleian Library, 2013. 200 pp. (Reviewed by William Gray, University of Chichester)

H & G. Directed by Danishka Esterhazy. Performed by Breazy Diduck-Wilson, Annika Elyse Irving, and Ashley Rebecca Moore. Red Czarina Entertainment, 2013. Film. (Reviewed by Kim Snowden, University of British Columbia)

Angela Carter’s Hairy Tales. Directed by Matthew Woods. Performed by Imaginary Beasts. The Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, October 4–26, 2013. Performance. (Reviewed by Christina Phillips Mattson, Harvard University)

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