Your tags are the best.

Love,

Lu

Maybe. I’m trying to think if there’s a more favorite. Tam Lin isn’t a fairy tale and doesn’t count and wouldn’t count anyway because it’s really the retellings that are good anyway, not so much the original.

I never thought about them not getting to go back and dance. I suppose I always assumed that now that their father knew, they could go back in a nice parentally-sanctioned way, with fresh shoes.

Ooh, yes, you have see it. The forest scenes are my favorite illustrations.

See now, Other Jenny, your having liked Wildwood Dancing makes me feel like I was just wrong about Juliet Marillier. If you like her, surely I must like her. I’ve decided, I shall try her again.

Not even the most delicious type of cabbage!

Me too — I am actually just now reading a book about the history of the bogeyman in literature and stories and art, and it’s very cool. I know this same author has written about fairy tale heroines in another book, which I’m hoping to get soon.

Hahahahahahaha, Kudzu would have been amazing. I’m heartbroken she didn’t use Kudzu.

Your very most favorite of all? Even though the poor things don’t get to keep going to their nice underground dancing place? I always felt sorry for them over that.

I don’t, I’m afraid. I’ve heard too many hipster jokes involving Kale now. But I expect I could be made to change my mind if I read a book with a really cool protagonist called Kale.

Nope, and I don’t think I had any picture book version of it at all when I was a kid! I will look into the Ruth Sanderson version.

Yes! I need to read Sexing the Cherry! I only have read Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (which was very good indeed) and Weight (which I did not like so much).

Who is Sharon Hays? Am I missing out greatly by not knowing about this person?

I will link you the same link I linked Heather:

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/twelvedancing/index.html

Ta da! Cultural gap filled! (I never watched Scooby Doo either.)