Perrault, Charles

With the help of her fairy godmother, a mistreated kitchen maid attends the palace ball on condition that she leave before midnight.

Disgruntled at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for a hundred years.

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

A clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

A very poor woodsman who is granted three wishes by a tree fairy is urged by his wife to wish for riches.

A selected collection of French fairy tales.

Not only is grandmother eaten up in this Perrault version, but so is Little Red Riding Hood.

With the help of her fairy godmother, a beautiful young woman mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince whom she marries.

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. The illustrations set the story in 1920s London.

A collection of twelve classic French fairy tales, including "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, " "Puss in Boots, " and "Blue Beard.".