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Find Your Fairy Tale is a bite-sized mini course made to help you connect genuinely with the world of fairy tales and tap into the personal stories that underpin your life - so that you can harness their power or even start to change them!
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Imagine going to a crumbling old library and finding a small, unassuming book in the stacks that seems to whisper your name. As you page through, you realize: this is it. This is the writing book you've been waiting for, the one overflowing with insight, magic, and fun, a book that really GETS what kind of writer you long to be.
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Interested in a monthly book club focused on books inspired by folklore? Of course you are! We’re talking Charles de Lint, Cat Valente, Terri Windling, etc. etc. We pick books that are filled with magic of the all the best kinds.
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What Our Amazing Students Say
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The magic of folklore and fairy tales is as vital to our everyday lives as the food we take for sustenance. Brittany Warman and Sara Cleto feed our souls abundantly with their significant scholarship and personal passion for the tales we all think we know. With a forthright love of their subject, these two teachers illuminate the dark corners of stories with the luminescence of knowledge and inspiration. For anyone who seeks enchantment through learning, the Carterhaugh School provides a perfect compass."
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“I’ve but one disappointment in this course: that this amazing journey through the world of fairy isn’t never-ending! I confess I’ve grown addicted to the arrival of your well-crafted magics twice each week, not to mention the stimulating discourse it triggers in the private group. When I signed up I expected interesting content, but the conversations and friendships formed through the private group page were an unexpected delight – one I’m deeply grateful for."
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Hi, We're Sara and Brittany!
We’re folklorists, teachers, and writers, and together we're the founders of The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic! We teach online courses that celebrate traditional tales and everyday magic. Our goal is to re-enchant daily life, one story at a time.
More About Us!
Myths, legends, and especially fairy tales are our passion. We both earned our PhDs from The Ohio State University in 2018 and we love sharing our knowledge and exploring their still-present magic with our students. In October 2019, our school won the Dorothy Howard Award from the American Folklore Society’s Education Section, recognizing our excellence and our commitment to sharing folklore with a global audience!
After teaching courses on folklore, fairy tales, British literature, speculative fiction, and more at OSU, we decided to expand our classroom. We set out to find the people whose hearts beat in time to old tales – people who believe in the power of story. Now, students from five continents gather in our virtual classroom to share stories and fellowship, to be seen and to learn.
From The Blog
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8 Beloved Short Stories
June 10, 2025
As literature and folklore PhDs, we’ve read a LOT of short stories. You start reading the classics somewhere in middle school (everybody remembers being traumatized by “There Will Come Soft…
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The June 2025 Carterhaugh Events Roundup
June 4, 2025
Here’s a list of all the events and publications that we can link you to in the coming weeks. Events June 4 at 6:45PM ETSmithsonian Associates: “Jack: Tales of the…
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The 2025 Carterhaugh School Summer Reading Challenge
June 3, 2025
Welcome to the 2025 Carterhaugh School Summer Reading Challenge! Ready to stretch your brain, find amazing new-to-you authors, return to beloved favorites, and feel accomplished AF? Let’s do it. All…
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If You’re Writing, You’re Not Failing
May 20, 2025
What would you say if we told you there’s no such thing as “failing” if you’re writing? Apparently, we woke up feeling feisty and slightly polemical. So let’s get into…