Donor (fairy tale) by Giambattista Basile. In the Grimm Brothers' variant of "Cinderella", the protagonist is aided not by her fairy godmother but by her dead mother, as is the heroine of the Finnish variant, "The Wonderful Birch". A great variety of other figures may also take this place. In "Vasilissa the Beautiful", the heroine is aided by a wooden doll that her dying mother had given her; in "Rushen Coatie", by a red calf sent to her by her dead mother, a calf that can continue to aid her after its death; in "Katie Woodencloak" by a mysterious dun bull; in "Tattercoats",
The Fairy-Tale Detectives The Fairy-Tale Detectives The Fairy-Tale Detectives is the first book in The Sisters Grimm series written by Michael Buckley. Be careful who you trust. Twelve-year-old Sabrina and eight-year-old Daphne are orphans that go to live with their grandmother (who they thought was dead) in the town of Ferryport Landing, New York. After the disappearance of their parents and going through numerous foster homes, they soon find out that their grandmother is a very strange person who says that the town is filled with fairy-tale beings, also known as Everafters. Daphne believes her, Sabrina does not and wants to escape but