Maggie's Farm

They are great! Was just re-reading "The Princess and Curdie" another beloved childhood story with plenty for adults, by George MacDonald.

And (though I hated his parent blaming when explaining autism) Bruno Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment" is a good discussion of some of the ways such stories benefit as well as delighting people...

Tho I have to admit that when my kids made me watch that modern film version of the Brothers Grimmn, I found it too much, too dark. As a kid alone in a wing chair by the fire, one can set the book down when the story gets too scary to bear. But a film is so in your face, so overwhelming.