The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1847. In some ways, it is Andersen’s darkest tale. The character ...

Santa broke his glasses just as he was leaving to distribute the gifts. Would the children get what they wanted if he could not read?

Once upon a time, fairy tales weren’t the dreamy, happily-ever-after stories we know today. Before Disney sprinkled them with some pixie dust, fairy tales were dark, twisted and sometimes downright ...

Cobwebs and Christmas don’t seem to have much in common. But one legend, deeply rooted in Ukrainian tradition, brings them ...

Central Texas duo the Pumphrey Brothers deliver a new installment in a series of visually-enchanting children's books.

The blonde-haired actor who played wide-eyed 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in “A Christmas Story” has his own naughty Christmas tale to tell — watching his movie at the Playboy Mansion alongside Hugh ...

After its account of Jesus’ birth, the Bible is almost entirely silent on his childhood. Yet legends about Jesus’ early years ...

The birds’ presence lends an otherworldly air to this nonfiction look at a family farm in a dying North Macedonian village. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Our readers have spoken—here are the very Best of the Best of the Triangle (or, the BOBOTTs, as we’ve come to call them in the newsroom). This year, once again, the INDY spread its beloved reader poll ...

Critic Brian Tallerico watches and writes about movies and TV every day. To curate this list, he dives into Netflix’s catalogue every month to surface family-friendly titles both kids and adults can ...