Perrault, Charles

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

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.

Cinderella, put in the position of servant by her stepmother and stepsisters, is able to go to the prince's ball with a little help from her fairy godmother, but in her haste to leave before midnight, she luckily loses her glass slipper.

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

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.

Retells the familiar tale of a beautiful princess who sleeps for one hundred years.

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.