Real fairy tales are not the whitewashed things that Disney puts out: many of the originals, such as Cinderella or Hansel and Gretel are full of violence and tragedy as well as wonder and magic. George R.R. Martin has captured the true feeling of a fairy tale in his first children’s book, The Ice Dragon. It is a story of war, death and pain wrapped around a tale of magic, love and of course, an ice dragon.

(Source: Starscape)