Reimagining Classic Stories for a New Generation

       We are living through a remarkable moment in storytelling. For the first time, independent artists can use emerging technologies like AI to reimagine timeless classics that once required millions of dollars & the resources of major studios. My goal is simple: to breathe new life into classic fairy tales and public-domain stories—including many books that have faced challenges or bans over the years—and not make them clean, Disneyesque; making them exciting, relevant, and accessible for today's children.

Children don't care whether a story was created with artificial intelligence. They care about wonder & dreaming. They care about stories that capture their imagination, widen their eyes, and leave them believing that anything is possible. Yet secretly this project is about literacy for little children growing up; with the closed captioning, it is much more than entertainment. It is about literacy.

Stories that inspire children to read can change the direction of a life of hard-working single-parent homes to teach them how to read at an early age. These films are designed to become a gateway to reading. By reimagining beloved classics with humor, adventure, and contemporary storytelling, they encourage children to discover the original books while developing imagination, empathy, resilience, and curiosity.

At a time when children's media is often dominated by violence, conflict, and fear, these stories offer something different: hope instead of despair, imagination instead of limitation, curiosity instead of cynicism, and compassion instead of hate. Every great reader begins with a single story they cannot put down. My hope is that these stories become that beginning.

Please turn on Closed Captions (CC) so you can read along while you watch.

                                       Follow the link at the end to go to the Brooklyn Public Library, where you can take out any banned book.                                                                                            Mark Strodl  Email: markstrodl2@gmail.com 

A.I. it is an economic miracle. Many of you hate AI until it comes time to clean up your portrait, but for storytellers it is an economic godsend being able to make professional films without 71 million dollars to spend, without censors breathing down your back. . Of course you're going to make mistakes, that's the charm of it.

Nous réinventons nos contes de fées classiques, dont beaucoup ont été interdits un siècle plus tard, pour les rendre amusants et actuels. Un enfant se fiche de la façon dont ils ont été créés, ou de l'IA, mais ce qui compte pour lui, c'est ce qui stimule son imagination, ce qui émerveille ses yeux et fait battre son cœur. Ces contes sont l'antidote à la culture de la violence, des armes et de la terreur qui imprègne trop souvent le monde des enfants d'aujourd'hui. En nous réappropriant et en réinventant ces histoires, nous donnons aux enfants la chance de faire l'expérience de la résilience, de la moralité et de l'imagination plutôt que de la peur et de la haine. Veuillez activer les sous-titres pour que je puisse lire en même temps que le texte. Suivez le lien à la fin pour accéder à la Bibliothèque publique de Brooklyn, où vous pouvez emprunter n'importe quel livre interdit. Mark Strodl. Courriel :