Charles Perrault

A cunning cat wins for his master a castle, a fortune, and the hand of a princess.

Cinderella hopes to escape her life of drudgery as a virtual slave to her cold-hearted stepmother and stepsisters. With the help of some friends and a fairy godmother, she succeeds.

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.

In this version of the story, the princess must overcome her evil, ogress stepmother once she has awakened and is married.

Charles Perrault es, junto a los hermanos Grimm y Hans Christian Andersen, uno de los pilares sobre los que se sostienen los cuentos del mundo occidental. En su universo de fantasía mezcló la tradición oral con la recopilación de antiguas leyendas e inauguró un género literario: el de los cuentos de hadas. Sus cuentos han sido capaces de sobrevivir al paso del tiempo y marcar a decenas de generaciones, puesto que todos ellos contienen enseñanzas...

With the help of her fairy godmother, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince of her dreams.

Through the ages children have been enthralled by Cinderella, the glass slipper, and the evil stepmother! Also includes: Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Little Tom Thumb, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and others.