In antebellum America, the voyages and adventures of Sinbad and Aladdin in the Arabian Nights nourished a young nation's dreams.

Many have tried to guess the two magical words whispered by Allende’s character Belisa Crepusculario, but the author has yet to reveal them.

One of the best-known illustrators of the “golden age of children’s gift books,” Dulac was also a subtle purveyor of Allied propaganda during the Great War.

Mini book reports from your favorite bloggers and editors here at JSTOR Daily.

There’s nothing like curling up with a good book and a soft cat. Even better is a book with a cat in it.

The history of Native resistance, the philosophy of love, the medicalization of madness, color in fairy tales, and dinosaur bones.

European fairy tales featured bold, independent female characters—until the Reformation forced shifts in cultural attitudes towards women.

How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklore.

Animated gifs function like early cinema in several ways.