Resting between the laurels

Authors

Dorothy Avery, St. Mary's UniversityFollow

Publication Date

Spring 2026

Digital Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Department

English Literature and Languages

Keywords

Digital Museum Exhibit, Fairy Tales, Climate Change, Curator talk, Illustrations, Audio, Video, Essay, Infographic, Texas Mountain Laurel

LCSH Subject

Fairy Tales; Climate Change

Description

This student exhibit begins with a short curator talk video introducing the exhibit and providing an overview of the additional files deposited. It includes a children’s fairy tale, Resting Beneath the Laurels, which the student wrote and illustrated with watercolor paints, along with a recorded reading of the story, and an infographic created in Canva that shares information and interesting facts about the Texas Mountain Laurel. The student exhibit also features an artifact entry analyzing an image of a menacing wolf as a metaphor for the temptations of the fast fashion industry and its connection to climate change. Finally, a persuasive essay argues for the use of fairy tales to ease the discomfort of climate change conversations by fostering empathy and drawing on the historical power of storytelling.

Collection

Speak For the Trees!

Format

Multiple

Size

Varying

Medium

Varying

Document Type

Collection

Disciplines

Fiction | Folklore | Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Avery, Dorothy, "Resting between the laurels" (2026). Speak for the Trees!. 1.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/fairytales2/1

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.