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Dear reader,
Now that Trevor Grant and Eve Hamilton have completed their production, I am delighted to offer you an exclusive opportunity. You can get a free promo code to listen to my story and their version on Audible, a privilege reserved just for you.
Here is the description of the work as published on Amazon.
Feel free to contact me to get the codes. I hope you will leave an honest review to help me promote these books.
This two-volume collection traces the roots of iconic fairy tales to uncover the surprisingly unsettling themes that endure through sanitised modern retellings aimed at young audiences today.
Book One digs into the original, disturbing folkloric underpinnings of classics from “Little Red Riding Hood” to “Sleeping Beauty,” exposing troublesome tropes that romanticise abuse, normalise child neglect, tout female disempowerment and more. Cultural analysis reveals that the evolution of these tales toward more “palatable” variants allowed problematic notions to persist subtly.
Book Two offers reimagined versions of the same fairy tales reshaped to promote healthy relationships, model redemption, celebrate diversity, resolve conflict through communication, and impart values of empathy and courage. By preserving the magic of these classics while confronting darkness, fairy tales can enlighten new generations rather than perpetuate the prejudices of the past.
This set delivers insight into the complex role iconic childhood stories play in conditioning cultural beliefs across generations. Fairy tales endure because their primal motifs speak to timeless truths in the human experience. But as moral guides, we must ensure their lessons enlighten young minds rather than preserve archaic limitations.
By tracing the genealogy of famous fairy tales from obscure folkloric origins to their iterations as sanitised children’s canon, patterns emerge in the selective editing that allowed unhealthy tropes to persist. This forgotten context explains how even whimsical fantasy worlds children inhabit subtly normalise notions modern society rejects, from violence and xenophobia to female disempowerment.
But examining this heritage creates opportunities to consciously reshape fairy tales to nurture values like empathy, courage and redemption instead. The author does just that in Book Two, offering short updated versions that retain magic while promoting positive ideals. This set inspires readers to think critically about the stories we feed impressionable minds and their immense power to mold our cultural conscience. For fairy tales that illuminate progress already underway can transform society ever after.
So, ACX, the Audiobook Creation Exchange, has given the go-ahead for the first volume of my two-part series. My thanks to Trevor Grant, who has done a magnificent job on his narration, thus bringing the book to life for everyone. I am grateful that you could do it so beautifully.
Volume 1 is for parents, educators and adult learners who appreciate the inner workings of a child.
If you're in either the UK or the US, I have a special offer for you. Contact me to receive free promotional codes for the audiobook, a token of appreciation for your interest in my work.
But that's not all. The highly anticipated Volume 2 is just around the corner. I'm confident that Eve Hamilton's engaging voice will captivate both young readers and listeners, bringing the characters to life in her storytelling of this volume.
Although Volume 2 is directed at children, beyond a parent and principal’s introduction, it is also on Amazon for Kindle and as a paperback-priced book. Both Volumes are awaiting your inspection now!
I invite readers to this literary journey and hope you will enjoy it.
CdV
