Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? by Lauren Child (Hodder Children’s Books, £6.99)When Herb falls asleep in the middle of reading his book of fairytales he's startled to wake up to a screeching, impatient Goldilocks, and realises he's actually

Snow White and her seven dwarfs, Alice and her white rabbit or perhaps Peter Pan and Tinkerbell... Inspire your child to read and celebrate this year's National Book Week with TU at Sainsburys. These fabulous fairytale costumes come complete

Set within the 1,000-year-old walls that once housed the noble Chigi Saracini family of Siena, Castel Monastero is a Tuscan retreat. Originally a monastery, the resort will have 76 guest rooms and suites, as well as the Castel Monastero villa. The property has hilltop gardens tha...

Created for girly girls big and small, Italian fashion label Monnalisa’s Living collection is full of fairytale romance with candy stripes and floral prints. The interiors range includes beds, cabinets, chairs and lamps. An armchair costs £261. 

The Oilily digital museumClothing brand Oilily has opened an online digital museum filled with successful entries to their colouring competition. All of the drawings are displayed in the rooms of a digital castle, with the winning pictures in the ‘princess room’.The lucky eleven ...

Fit for a fairytale, this elegant Heart Dressing Table Mirror is ideal for aspiring little princesses, particularly with its handy drawer to treasure those special trinkets. It measures 37x32x16cm and costs £42 from Great Little Trading Company.

POOR OLD SHREK. Happily married with three gurgling (well, burping from tops and bottoms) Shreklets, an exuberant best buddy, Donkey, and heroic status among the townsfolk who now run Star Tour bus rides past his home. Whatever happened to the good old days when everyone would ru...

Set in the lush lands of the Loire, this historic luxury château hotel takes fairytale castle and ups the ante with beautiful bedrooms and extensive grounds. Beyond its turreted Renaissance stone walls are sprawling gardens with trees for climbing

Ingredients1 Extra Large Vanilla Sponge1 quantity ButtercreamRed food colouring pasteWhite chocolate rainbow buttonsRed liquorice strips Red writing icing tube Assorted sweets and sprinklesEquipment1 x 1.3-litre and 1 x 1-litre pudding basin, greased and dusted with flourMethodPr...

THE PREMISE OF a beauteous maiden cruelly duped by a gnarled old hag with murky morals is a stock-in-trade in fairytale land. This tale, originally penned by the Brothers Grimm in 1812, is made memorable by the heroine’s most remarkable attribute