Charles Perrault

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.

Not only is grandmother eaten up in this Perrault version, but so is Little Red Riding Hood. Illustrated with photographs placing the tale in an urban setting.

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.

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...

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.

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.