Martina Lauria

The eternal power of fairy tales is their ability to speak to the heart of a Child, even when they are being read by the eyes of an Adult. Most likely, the reverse process happens with the writer’s pen as well, when, wandering through childhood memories, it finds the words to leave on the paper.

In April 1900, Lyman Frank Baum introduced The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, marking a break from the fairy tales of previous eras, which aimed to convey a moral through their narrati...

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