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In the May 20 Life, etc., section, Susie Wilde shares the story about bonding with her mother, who has Alzheimer's, by reading fairy tales with her. Wilde shares here her list of favorite fairy tale authors and illustrators. Share your own favorites!

Other illustrators who you can count on for flights of fancy:
K.Y. Craft: “Cinderella,” “Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave”
Trina Schart Hyman: “The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women,” “Sense Pass King,” “Iron Hans”
Laurel Long: “The Magic Nesting Doll,” “The Lady and the Lion”
P.J. Lynch: “East O’ the Sun and West O’ the Moon,” “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”
Gennady Spirin: “The Tale of the Firebird,” “The Crane Wife”
Lisbeth Zwerger: “Little Red Cap,” “Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales”
Jerry Pinkney: “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Talking Eggs,” “The Nightingale”
Susan Jeffers: “Thumbelina,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “The Snow Queen”
Paul Zelinsky: “Rapunzel,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Hansel and Gretel”

Other authors devoted to fairy tales:
Demi: “The Hungry Coat,” “The Greatest Treasure,” “The Empty Pot”
Tomie dePaola: “Adelita,” “Fin M’Coul,” “Days of the Blackbird”
Virginia Hamilton: "Drylongso," “The People Could Fly,” “The Girl Who Spun Gold”
William Hooks: "Moss Gown," "Freedom’s Fruit," "The Ballad of Belle Dorcas"
Eric Kimmel: "The Frog Princess," "Count Silvernose," "Three Sacks of Truth"
Rafe Martin: "The Rough-Faced Girl," "The Shark God," "The Storytelling Princess"
Robert San Souci: "Sootface," "Sukey and the Mermaid," "Cedrillon," "Brave Margaret"

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