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“The Goosegirl.” The twelve dancing princesses and other fairy tales, edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930, pp. 29-36.

Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was to be married to a prince who lived far away. Before she left, her mother the queen gave her riches, a waiting-maid for company, and three drops of ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

BHCT's 'Twelve Dancing Princesses' fairy tale opens Friday

WATERLOO | Each night, 12 beautiful princesses are safely locked in their bedroom. But each morning, their dancing slippersare found falling to pieces in Black Hawk Children Theatre’s production of ...
CU Boulder News & Events

“The Enchanted Fiddle.” The Turnip Princess: and other newly discovered fairy tales, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, New York: Penguin Books, 2015, pp. 158-160.

There was once a boy named Jacob, who irritated his mother so greatly that one day she ordered him to leave home and find a master, even if it was the devil himself. He set out to find an ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Review: 'Dancing Princesses' a scrumptiously visual production

“The Dancing Princesses” is not one of the best-known Brothers Grimm tales. But something about it caught the fancy of playwright Joseph McDonough and composer/lyricist David Kisor as they set out to ...
The New York Times

6 Y.A. Fairy Tale Retellings to Add to Your Reading List

Elizabeth Lim, the author of “Six Crimson Cranes,” recommends some of her favorite retellings of classic fairy tales. By Elizabeth Lim Fairy tales made me fall in love with reading. When I was a kid, ...