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Charles Perrault (1628–1703)

Autor(a) de Puss in Boots (Caldecott Honor Book)

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About the Author

Charles Perrault was born in Paris on January 12, 1628. He was the son of an upper-class burgeois family and attended the best schools, becoming a lawyer in 1651. After being a lawyer for some time, he was appointed chief clerk in the king's building, superintendent's office in 1664. While there, mostrar mais he induced Colbert to establish a fund called Liste des Bienfaits du Roi, to give pensions to writers and savants not only in France but in Europe. He took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting. When the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was founded by Colbert in 1663, Perrault was made secretary for life. Having written but a few popular poems, he was elected to the French Academy in 1671, and on the day of his inauguration he invited the public to be admitted to the meeting, a privilege that has ever since been continued. Perrault laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard). His stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera, ballet (for example, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty), theatre, and film. He also wrote Parallèles des Anciens et des Modernes (the Parallels between the Ancients and the Moderns), from 1688 to 1697, which compared the authors of antiquity unfavorably to more modern writers, and caused a debate that lasted for years. Charles Perrault died on May 16, 1703. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) Strictly C. Perrault could also refer to Claude Perrault, so it may have to be separated out at some stage.

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Obras por Charles Perrault

Puss in Boots (Caldecott Honor Book) (1697) — Autor — 899 exemplares
Perrault's Complete Fairy Tales (1697) 611 exemplares
Cinderella (1697) 531 exemplares
Contes (1694) 434 exemplares
The Sleeping Beauty (1697) 289 exemplares
Cinderella (retold by Amy Ehrlich) (1697) — Autor — 256 exemplares
Perrault's Fairy Tales 141 exemplares
Contes de ma mère l'Oye (1697) 100 exemplares
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (1697) 100 exemplares
Puss in Boots (1952) 93 exemplares
The Three Wishes (1873) 74 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood (1966) 54 exemplares
Contes des fées (1850) 41 exemplares
Peau d'Âne (1694) 40 exemplares
Cuentos de Perrault (1900) 38 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood (2002) 30 exemplares
Les fées (2009) 26 exemplares
Riquete el del Copete (1988) 23 exemplares
Perrault's Fairy Tales (2003) 21 exemplares
Puss in Boots (1999) 21 exemplares
Chapeuzinho Vermelho (2012) 19 exemplares
Perrault's Fairy Tales (2015) 17 exemplares
Classic fairy tales (1993) 17 exemplares
La Cenicienta (1984) 16 exemplares
Cuentos de hadas (1983) 15 exemplares
La Barbe Bleue (French Edition) (1991) 14 exemplares
The Vindication of Wives (1954) 13 exemplares
Cuentos (1998) 13 exemplares
Bluebeard and Other Fairy Tales (1964) — Autor — 13 exemplares
Contes et fables (2001) 12 exemplares
Tales of Passed Times (2010) 12 exemplares
Old-Time Stories (1921) 11 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Shaped Books) (2009) 10 exemplares
El gato con botas (2005) 10 exemplares
Le Petit Chaperon rouge (2002) 9 exemplares
Tales from Perrault (1996) 9 exemplares
Contes du temps passé (1944) 8 exemplares
Bajki (1988) 7 exemplares
Contos de Perrault (2010) 7 exemplares
Sämtliche Märchen. (1986) 7 exemplares
Love and Be Wise (1988) 7 exemplares
Le petit chaperon rouge (2007) 7 exemplares
Contos (2010) 6 exemplares
Neuf contes (2011) 6 exemplares
Peau-d'Âne 6 exemplares
Rotkäppchen (1998) 6 exemplares
The Tales of Mother Goose (2006) 6 exemplares
Mille ans de contes classiques (2000) 6 exemplares
Rínxols d'Or (1900) 6 exemplares
Cuentos completos (2016) 6 exemplares
Спящая красавица (1994) 6 exemplares
Mästerkatten i stövlar (1979) 6 exemplares
Los cuentos de Perrault (1987) 6 exemplares
La Cenicienta (1984) 5 exemplares
El gato con botas (2002) 5 exemplares
The Popular Story of Blue Beard (2013) 5 exemplares
Sprookjes van Moeder de Gans (1983) 5 exemplares
I racconti di Mamma Oca (1996) 5 exemplares
Muinasjutud 5 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Tiny Tales) (1993) 5 exemplares
A BELA ADORMECIDA 5 exemplares
Puss in Boots (illustrated) (2015) 5 exemplares
Barbe-Bleue (2010) 5 exemplares
Les contes (1979) 5 exemplares
Perrault (1991) 4 exemplares
Sprookjes van Moeder de Gans (1995) 4 exemplares
Cinderella Pupil's Book (2004) 4 exemplares
Sprookjes van Moeder de Gans (1975) 4 exemplares
Cuentos universales (2006) 4 exemplares
O Pequeno Polegar (1996) 4 exemplares
Peau d'Ane (French Edition) (2010) 4 exemplares
Cuentos de antaño (1978) 4 exemplares
Contos E Fabulas (2009) 4 exemplares
Fairy Tales (Padded Board Book) (2007) 4 exemplares
GATO CON BOTAS, EL / PD. (2014) 4 exemplares
La Barbe bleue (2014) 4 exemplares
The Greatest Fairy Tales (2018) 4 exemplares
The Story of Blue-Beard (2014) 4 exemplares
Fairy Tales 4 exemplares
Barba Azul y Otros Cuentos (1996) 4 exemplares
Barba azul (2002) 4 exemplares
Contes En Vers (French Edition) (2006) 4 exemplares
Pasaku Pasaulē 3 exemplares
Ogres et Ogresses (2006) 3 exemplares
El gato con botas (2015) 3 exemplares
Le chat botté (2015) 3 exemplares
Bluebeard 3 exemplares
Cuentos de viejas 3 exemplares
UNA FIABA IN TASCA - POLLICINO (2009) 3 exemplares
Beauty And The Beast (2015) 3 exemplares
Puss in Boots (A Golden Book) (1967) 3 exemplares
O Gato de Botas (2007) 3 exemplares
Francouzské pohádky (1990) 3 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Tell Me a Story) (1985) 3 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Peepshow Books) (1975) 3 exemplares
RÍNXOLS D'OR (2004) 3 exemplares
Cuentos de Perrault 3 exemplares
Fiabe (2002) 3 exemplares
Ze Chumaco (2000) 3 exemplares
Muinasjutud : [täielik kogu] (2007) 3 exemplares
The Best Book of Fairy Tales (1989) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Perrault Doré (2016) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Perraults Complete Fairy Tales (1961) 3 exemplares
Bluebeard (1986) 3 exemplares
PUSS IN BOOTS (Storytime) L.2 (2004) 3 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood (2014) 3 exemplares
Cele mai frumoase povesti (2009) 3 exemplares
El Gat amb botes (1996) 3 exemplares
Cendrillon et autres contes (1965) 3 exemplares
Contes en prose (2004) 3 exemplares
Contes (1997) 3 exemplares
Contes (2017) 3 exemplares
Sprookjes in poëzie en proza (1997) 3 exemplares
Tutte le fiabe (2011) 3 exemplares
Barbe-Bleue (2004) 3 exemplares
O gato de botas 3 exemplares
Gåsmors sagor 3 exemplares
Perrault's Fairy Tales (1993) 3 exemplares
Fabulae Gallicae (2021) 3 exemplares
La bella durmiente 3 exemplares
Le chat botté (2009) 3 exemplares
Puss 'n Boots (1994) 2 exemplares
El Gato con Botas (2004) 2 exemplares
Barba Azul (Spanish Edition) (1999) 2 exemplares
En Barba Blava (2002) 2 exemplares
El gato con botas 2 exemplares
Puss in boots (1987) 2 exemplares
Mästerkatten i stövlar (1985) 2 exemplares
El gato con botas 2 exemplares
Cappucetto Rosso 2 exemplares
Fiabe. Ediz. illustrata (2017) 2 exemplares
El gato con botas (1988) 2 exemplares
Barba Azul (1991) 2 exemplares
Le Petit Chaperon rouge (2002) 2 exemplares
Assepoester - De fee vertelt (2010) 2 exemplares
Feenmärchen aus alter Zeit (1986) 2 exemplares
Gåsmors sagor (1979) 2 exemplares
Kot v sapogah (2013) 2 exemplares
Les plus beaux contes (2001) 2 exemplares
French Fairy Tales (1972) 2 exemplares
Caperucita Roja (1995) 2 exemplares
El gato con botas 2 exemplares
Der kleine Däumling 2 exemplares
Csizmás Kandúr (1991) 2 exemplares
Blue Beard (Illustrated) (2011) 2 exemplares
La Barbe bleue (2003) 2 exemplares
La Ventafocs (2005) 2 exemplares
Märchen aus alter Zeit (1976) 2 exemplares
27. La Caputxeta Vermella (1991) 2 exemplares
Le petit Chaperon Rouge (1997) 2 exemplares
Cinderella, and other stories (2015) 2 exemplares
Pollicino. Con CD Audio (2011) 2 exemplares
Tuhkimo (1981) 2 exemplares
O GATO DE BOTAS 2 exemplares
O príncipe e a gata 2 exemplares
Sleeping Beauty: Shiba Edition (1968) 2 exemplares
Cappuccetto Rosso 2 exemplares
Cinderella Zolushka (2008) 2 exemplares
Le più belle fiabe 2 exemplares
Contes (2013) 2 exemplares
Cuentos de Perrault (2014) 2 exemplares
Contes de fades (1998) 2 exemplares
O capuchinho vermelho 2 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Enchanted Tales) (1999) 2 exemplares
Zé Chumaço 2 exemplares
Pell d'ase (2004) 2 exemplares
El Gato con botas (ILUSTRADOS) (2023) 2 exemplares
OS PRESENTES DA FADA 2 exemplares
Histórias ou Contos de Outrora (2015) 2 exemplares
ZÉ CHUMAÇO 2 exemplares
My Book of Cinderella (1960) 2 exemplares
Francouzské pohádky a bajky (2001) 2 exemplares
A rainha dos pavões 2 exemplares
Contes illustrés par G. Dorée (2006) 2 exemplares
Pelle d'asino (2012) 2 exemplares
Cinderella: A Storyteller Book (1994) 2 exemplares
Cinderela (2000) 2 exemplares
Perraulten ipuinak (1995) 2 exemplares
I racconti di Mamma Oca (1995) 2 exemplares
Caperucita roja (2010) 2 exemplares
Sprookjes (1979) 2 exemplares
Η σταχτοπούτα (2011) 2 exemplares
El gato con botas (2008) 2 exemplares
Diamonds and Toads (2015) 2 exemplares
Cuentos de Perrault (2010) 2 exemplares
Cuentos De Perrault 2 exemplares
BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT (LA) CD (2011) 2 exemplares
Zaubermärchen (1993) 2 exemplares
Le chat botté (2012) 2 exemplares
Il libro delle fate (1995) 2 exemplares
Pikku Punahilkka 1 exemplar
Кот в сапогах (2011) 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (1987) 1 exemplar
Jaś i Małgosia 1 exemplar
Cencienta 1 exemplar
Pohadky matky husy 1 exemplar
la Fable du Hasard 1 exemplar
Le Favole 1 exemplar
EL GATO CON BOTAS 1 exemplar
Chat Botte (le) 1 exemplar
Cinderella (1977) 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
O gato de botas 1 exemplar
Barbe-Bleue (1995) 1 exemplar
O BARBA AZUL 1 exemplar
Barbablu (2001) 1 exemplar
La Barbe bleue 1 exemplar
Barbablu 1 exemplar
Blue Beard (2016) 1 exemplar
Barbe-Bleue (2003) 1 exemplar
La Barbe-Bleue (1998) 1 exemplar
Barbazul (1993) 1 exemplar
Pollicino 1 exemplar
Barba Azul (2012) 1 exemplar
BARBAZUL 1 exemplar
Blue Beard 1 exemplar
Blaubart (2000) 1 exemplar
Barba Azul 1 exemplar
Barbe-Bleue 1 exemplar
Riquet cel Motat (2001) 1 exemplar
Barba-Albastra 1 exemplar
Blue Beard 1 exemplar
Bajke 1 exemplar
* The Tales of Mother Goose (2015) 1 exemplar
Poddigheddu (1997) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots (1993) 1 exemplar
Sinjata brada 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (1901) 1 exemplar
Piel de asno y otros cuentos (2017) 1 exemplar
O polegarzinho 1 exemplar
Barbazul 1 exemplar
Le chat botté 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botte 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (2009) 1 exemplar
de gelaarsde kat 1 exemplar
Obuti maček 1 exemplar
Le chat botté (2013) 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botté 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
Le chat botté 1 exemplar
Batuotas katinas: pasaka (1995) 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots : a fairy tale (1945) 1 exemplar
Sharl Perro. Skazki (2001) 1 exemplar
El Gato con Botas 1 exemplar
142. El Gat amb botes (1991) 1 exemplar
Le chat botté (2015) 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (1975) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (2003) 1 exemplar
El Gato con Botas 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (2009) 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botte 1 exemplar
Saabastega kass 1 exemplar
ˆIl ‰gatto con gli stivali (2001) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (1995) 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (2012) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (1994) 1 exemplar
PUSS IN BOOTS 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (2020) 1 exemplar
Le Chat Bott©♭ (2005) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (2004) 1 exemplar
N06 - CHAT BOTTE (2006) 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
Сказки (2010) 1 exemplar
La Bella Durmiente 1 exemplar
La Caputxeta vermella (2010) 1 exemplar
Le petit chaperon rouge (1983) 1 exemplar
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (1979) 1 exemplar
Caperucita roja 1 exemplar
Skazki 1 exemplar
LES CONTES. (1902) 1 exemplar
De gelaarsde kat (2008) 1 exemplar
Saabastega kass 1 exemplar
Il gatto con gli stivali (2010) 1 exemplar
EL GATO CON BOTAS 1 exemplar
Der gestiefelte Kater (1971) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (2004) 1 exemplar
Puss In Boots 1 exemplar
Kot v sapogakh 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots (2012) 1 exemplar
Gato con botas, El (2023) 1 exemplar
Six Contes CD (2009) 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (1991) 1 exemplar
Punamütsike 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (1901) 1 exemplar
Popeliushka 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (1901) 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots (1983) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (2002) 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots (1977) 1 exemplar
Kocour v botách (1995) 1 exemplar
Märchen (1992) 1 exemplar
Famous Fairy Tales (1959) 1 exemplar
La ventafocs (1984) 1 exemplar
Sprookjes van vroeger (1986) 1 exemplar
Perrault's popular tales (1888) 1 exemplar
Hanhiemon satuja (1999) 1 exemplar
Contes des fées 1 exemplar
Mémoires d'un petit poucet (2001) 1 exemplar
Contes clàssics de Perrault (2011) 1 exemplar
Contes de Perrault, tome 1 (1979) 1 exemplar
Cuentos de Perrault (1992) 1 exemplar
Repelsteeltje 1 exemplar
De gelaarsde kat (1999) 1 exemplar
Riquet à la houppe (1697) 1 exemplar
The Ugly Duckling 1 exemplar
Les contes 1 exemplar
ZOPETE 1 exemplar
Odabrane bajke 1 exemplar
Donkeyskin 1 exemplar
Les Contes de ma Mère l Oie (2012) 1 exemplar
Cinderella: Classic Tales (2014) 1 exemplar
Master Cat or Puss in Boots (2015) 1 exemplar
Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (2015) 1 exemplar
Contes (French Edition) (2017) 1 exemplar
Prinsessa Ruusunen (1998) 1 exemplar
Novelle 1 exemplar
De gelaarsde kat 1 exemplar
Runcis zābakos 1 exemplar
Perrault 1 exemplar
Contes En Images (1993) 1 exemplar
Gatto Con Gli Stivali (1998) 1 exemplar
Les Contes. Lecture Facile. (2004) 1 exemplar
Oeuvres 1 exemplar
Blue Beard (1984) 1 exemplar
Contes (1987) 1 exemplar
Punahilkka 1 exemplar
Pulgarcito-----Tom Thumb (2011) 1 exemplar
Törnrosa (1972) 1 exemplar
Czerwony Kapturek (1998) 1 exemplar
Cenerentola. Con CD Audio (2011) 1 exemplar
Fiabe Classiche (2001) 1 exemplar
Prinses Eselvel 1 exemplar
Cuentos de Mamá Oca (1990) 1 exemplar
Gata Borralheira (2014) 1 exemplar
As Fadas Livro 1 1 exemplar
Três Contos de Perrault (1997) 1 exemplar
Contes (1977) 1 exemplar
Rome : [guide (1975) 1 exemplar
Morals 1 exemplar
Aschenputtel [VHS] (1992) 1 exemplar
Aschenputtel (1984) 1 exemplar
Aschenputtel (2016) 1 exemplar
Sleeping Beauty / The Crow (2018) 1 exemplar
Sleeping Beauty - Shape Book (2017) 1 exemplar
Červená karkulka 1 exemplar
PETIT POUCET (LE) 1 exemplar
Il gatto stivalato 1 exemplar
Caperucita roja y otros (1982) 1 exemplar
Klein Duimpje (1983) 1 exemplar
Klein Duimpje 1 exemplar
Klein Duimpje 1 exemplar
Uyuyan Guzel (2015) 1 exemplar
Fiabe 1 exemplar
Blauwbaard 1 exemplar
The Glass Slipper 1 exemplar
Choix de contes de fées (1932) 1 exemplar
35. LA VENTAFOCS (2018) 1 exemplar
El petit polzet (1994) 1 exemplar
Scufița Roșie 1 exemplar
Contes De Notre Enfance (2008) 1 exemplar
CUENTOS CHARLES PERRAULT (2005) 1 exemplar
Los cuentos más bonitos (1901) 1 exemplar
O polegarzinho 1 exemplar
CONTOS DE PERRAULT 1 exemplar
Capuccetto Rosso 1 exemplar
Barbablù (2015) 1 exemplar
O gato das botas (2004) 1 exemplar
The Fairy Tales 1 exemplar
Povești cu zâne 1 exemplar
Snehvide 1 exemplar
Cinderella - Shape Book (2017) 1 exemplar
More French fairy tales, (1946) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Sleeping Beauty [1959 film] (1959) — Original Story — 1,030 exemplares
Cinderella [1950 film] (1950) — Original story — 1,014 exemplares
The Classic Fairy Tales [Norton Critical Edition] (1998) — Contribuidor — 1,001 exemplares
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contribuidor — 562 exemplares
Maleficent [2014 film] (2014) — Original Story — 539 exemplares
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella (1998) 480 exemplares
Cinderella [2015 film] (2015) — Original story — 424 exemplares
A Child's Book of Stories (1986) — Contribuidor — 359 exemplares
Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales (1961) — Contribuidor — 306 exemplares
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists (2013) — Contribuidor — 297 exemplares
Fairy Tales from Around the World (2014) — Contribuidor — 294 exemplares
The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature Set (1961) — Contribuidor — 209 exemplares
The Young Folks Shelf of Books, Volume 02: Once Upon a Time (1957) — Contribuidor — 178 exemplares
QPB Illustrated Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales (2003) — Contribuidor — 155 exemplares
The Fairy Tales (2005)algumas edições154 exemplares
The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and Other Fairy Tales (1964) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil [2019 film] (2019) — Original story — 137 exemplares
Witches' Brew (2002) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
The Land of Stories: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales (2016) — Contribuidor — 123 exemplares
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella [1997 TV movie] (1997) — Original story — 97 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 30 (1960) 90 exemplares
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella [1965 TV movie] (1965) — Original story — 86 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 08 (1958) 85 exemplares
Classic Fairy Tales to Read Aloud (1996) — Contribuidor — 77 exemplares
Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 15 (1960) 72 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997) — Contribuidor — 62 exemplares
The Kingfisher Treasury of Princess Stories (2001) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Ladybird Favourite Tales) (1993) — Orig Text, algumas edições46 exemplares
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella [1957 TV movie] (1957) — Oroginal story — 43 exemplares
The Moons at Your Door (2016) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Cinderella (Ladybird Favourite Tales) (1993) — Original story — 28 exemplares
Donkey Skin [1970 film] (2005) — Original story — 20 exemplares
Favorite Animal Stories (1987) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al (1996) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
In their Shoes: Fairy Tales and Folktales (2016) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood (Tell tales) (1989)algumas edições8 exemplares
Tom Thumb [2001 film] (2001) — Novel — 7 exemplares
Puss in Boots (2014) — Autor — 7 exemplares
A Treasury of Stories And Rhymes (1999) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone's Gift Book of Fairy Tales (1973) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Peau d'âne (1694) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Hauska satukirja (1975) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Great fairytales, part 6, Justice and punishment (2009) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Poor Cinderella [1934 short film] (1934) — Original story — 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Perrault, Charles
Nome legal
Perrault, Charles
Data de nascimento
1628-01-12
Data de falecimento
1703-05-15
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
France
Local de nascimento
Paris, France
Local de falecimento
Paris, France
Locais de residência
Paris, France
Educação
Lycée Saint-Louis
Ocupações
lawyer
secretary
poet
storyteller
fairy tale writer
Relações
Perrault, Claude (brother)
L'Heritier, Marie-Jeanne (niece)
Organizações
Académie française (1671)

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Charles Perrault was born to a wealthy bourgeois family in Paris. He attended the best schools and was always top of his class. He chose the law as a career, and also worked with his older brother Jean collecting taxes for the city of Paris. His brother Claude Perrault became a prominent architect of the Louvre. King Louis XIV liked Charles Perrault and gave him several appointments and positions, including looking after royal buildings, designing tapestries, and writing poems. Perrault was elected to the Académie Française in 1671, and opened up the induction ceremony to the public for the first time. In 1672, he married Marie Guichon and the couple had several children. After she died in 1678, he gave up his public life to educate their children. He was nearly 70 years old when he published the book for which he's best remembered today, Contes de ma mère l’oye (Tales of Mother Goose, 1697). It contained eight classic fairy tales that continue to be beloved by adults and children and have inspired many other works, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, and Tom Thumb. Many of the stories were well-known oral tales in Perrault’s time, but had never been written down before.
Nota de desambiguação
Strictly C. Perrault could also refer to Claude Perrault, so it may have to be separated out at some stage.

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The classic French fairytale, Puss in Boots, is translated into English and illustrated by the marvelous Marcia Brown in this lovely picture book. Coming to the youngest of three sons as an inheritance, the eponymous feline hero manages to transform his human's fortunes through his clever schemes. Reinventing his human as the Marquis de Carabas, Puss manages to convince the king of France that his master is a great and wealthy nobleman, eventually winning the estate and castle of an ogre for him, as well as the hand of the king's daughter...

Published in 1952, Puss in Boots is a translation of the original tale, Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté, as written by seventeenth-century French author Charles Perrault, whose work has also given us popular versions of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty. Brown's telling here is engaging, and her accompanying artwork delightful. It's easy to see why this was a Caldecott Honor book in 1953! As with Brown's Cinderella, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1955, I found the artist's use of color here appealing, and appreciated her elegantly stylized figures. Recommended to young fairy and folktale lovers, and to any picture book readers looking for retellings of the traditional story of Puss in Boots.
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