Fairy Tales 101: An Accessible Introduction to Fairy Tales.

The article reviews *Fairy Tales 101* by Jeana Jorgensen, highlighting it as a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the academic study of fairy tales aimed primarily at general readers. The book is organized into sections covering basic concepts and history, short essays and blog posts on cultural topics, academic articles analyzing themes like gender and agency, and a resource guide for further scholarship. While praised for simplifying complex ideas and serving as a useful teaching tool, the work's casual tone, use of slang, personal biases, and occasional conflation of folklore with literary and media fairy tales are noted as limitations. Overall, the book provides a broad overview of fairy-tale scholarship but does not offer major new academic contributions.