FYI Fairy Tales

Issue 1: Sleeping Beauty

FYI Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty – Front
FYI Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty – Inside
FYI Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty – Back
FYI Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty – Holographic Sticker
This zine focuses on notable variants of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, featuring a sassy plot summary of Sun, Moon, and Talia by Giambattista Basile (considered to be the first recorded Sleeping Beauty tale). Use this bite-sized zine to learn more about the origins of this majorly messed up story recorded 325 years before Disney’s animated film!

Issue 2: Goldilocks

FYI Fairy Tales: Goldilocks – Front
FYI Fairy Tales: Goldilocks – Inside
FYI Fairy Tales: Goldilocks – Back
This zine focuses on notable variants of the Goldilocks fairy tale, featuring a sassy plot summary of The Three Bears by Robert Southey (the first written variant of the tale on record until Elizabeth Mure’s book was discovered). Use this bite-sized zine to learn more about the human character’s evolution from old lady, to little girl, to Goldilocks! Works referenced to create this zine are available here if you want to dig deeper.

Issue 3: Tiger Grandmother

FYI Fairy Tales: Tiger Grandmother – Front
FYI Fairy Tales: Tiger Grandmother – Inside
FYI Fairy Tales: Tiger Grandmother – Back
This zine focuses on the East Asian fairy tale with a much scarier antagonist than the big bad wolf, Tiger Grandmother! Potentially related to Little Red Riding Hood, this zine offers a plot summary and a discussion on the complications of fairy tale scholarship in relation to this tale. Use this bite- sized zine to learn more and check out the sources here!