Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this is summer session.

Normally on Story Time for Grownups, we read classic literature, a few chapters at a time with a few

notes along the way, like an audiobook with built-in notes. But during the summer, we switch

things up a little. From now until September,

we will be in summer session, which is sort of like a college class, only fun. This summer,

we're exploring fairy tales and their relationship to the books we've read this year on

storytime and storytelling more broadly. We'll do this in once-a-week episodes, which will drop on Mondays.

If this doesn't sound like your thing, don't worry.

Storytime will be back with a new book in September.

But for now, brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in.

Class is in session.

Welcome to summer session. Hi, thank you so much for being here. I'm so glad you're here and I'm so

excited to start this with you. If you're just finding this show for the very first time,

this story time for grownups, welcome. I'm so glad you've found us. This is normally a show where we

read classic books, a few chapters at a time, pausing here and there for a few notes along the way.

But during the summer, we do something a little different. It's called summer session.

And what it is is kind of like a college class only fun. It's where we take the summer to

dive deeply into a topic that hopefully will help us to further understand the books and

the stories that we read during the rest of the year. So this summer, I am very excited to say,

we are looking at fairy tales. We are going to be talking about fairy tales all summer long,

starting today, all the way through until the end of August.

And then, of course, in September, we will start up again with Storytime and come back with a new book that I have not yet revealed yet because I'm dastardly like that.

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