Charles Perrault (1628–1703)
Autor(a) de Puss in Boots (Caldecott Honor Book)
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
Disambiguation Notice:
(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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Séries
Obras por Charles Perrault
Perrault's Fairy Tales 141 exemplares
The Complete Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose/ L'Integrale des Contes en vers et en prose: A Dual-Language Book… (2003) 54 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood (Reader's Digest Young Families Classics for Beginning Readers) (2003) 28 exemplares
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Wisehouse Classics Edition - with original color illustrations by Harry Clarke) (2016) 23 exemplares
Famous French fairy tales, collected and adapted from the original Perrault by David Stone (1959) 16 exemplares
Sprookjes van Moeder de Gans, of Verhalen of sprookjes uit vroeger tijd met moraal (1977) 13 exemplares
11 Bilingual Fairy Tales in Spanish and English: Improve your Spanish or English reading and listening comprehension… (2018) 12 exemplares
The fairy tales of Charles Perrault 7 exemplares
Historias Ou Contos De Outrora 7 exemplares
Peau-d'Âne 6 exemplares
I racconti di Mamma Oca 6 exemplares
Saabastega kass : [muinasjutt] 6 exemplares
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Translated with an introduction by Geoffrey Brereton (Penguin Classics. no. L69.) (1957) 5 exemplares
Muinasjutud 5 exemplares
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault: Ten Short Stories for Children Including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard,… (2010) 5 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood: The Ultimate Collection (Illustrated. 11 Different versions Bonus Features) (2014) 5 exemplares
A BELA ADORMECIDA 5 exemplares
10 Bilingual Fairy Tales in French and English: Improve your French or English reading and listening comprehension… (2017) 4 exemplares
Punamütsike : [muinasjutt] 4 exemplares
Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper (Children's Books from the V. & A. Museum) (1977) 4 exemplares
Forever Series: Children's Fairy Tale Classics: Puss in Boots (Forever - Children's Fairy Tale Classics) (1996) 4 exemplares
Fairy Tales 4 exemplares
Puss in boots, The sleeping beauty, & Cinderella; a retelling of three classic fairy tales based on the French of… 3 exemplares
Pasaku Pasaulē 3 exemplares
Little Red Riding Hood 3 exemplares
Bluebeard 3 exemplares
Cuentos de viejas 3 exemplares
Algunos cuentos de Perrault nueva traducción española, con ilustraciones de Manuela de Velasco (2005) 3 exemplares
Muinasjutud : [keskmisele koolieale] 3 exemplares
Cuentos de Perrault 3 exemplares
Волшебные сказки 3 exemplares
Beauty And The Beast CD ROM 3 exemplares
Contes de Perrault: le Petit Chaperon rouge; le Chat botté; la Barbe bleue; la Belle au bois dormant; Cendrillon… (2011) 3 exemplares
O gato de botas 3 exemplares
Gåsmors sagor 3 exemplares
Caperucita roja / Little Red Riding Hood (Jaguar Ilustrados / Jaguar Illustrated) (Spanish Edition) (2011) 3 exemplares
La bella durmiente 3 exemplares
The Fairy Tales in Verse and Prose/Les contes en vers et en prose : A Dual-Language Book (2012) 2 exemplares
El gato con botas 2 exemplares
El gato con botas 2 exemplares
Cappucetto Rosso 2 exemplares
Cinderela. Classic Stars 2 exemplares
Le maître chat et autres contes de Perrault 2 exemplares
Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 2 exemplares
Le Bibliobus n° 10 CE2 Parcours de lecture de 4 oeuvres complètes : Les fées ; Une affaire de lunettes ; Jojo et… (2005) 2 exemplares
Cendrillon et Autres Contes 2 exemplares
Snow-White and Rose-Red (A Giant Fairy Story Series) 2 exemplares
Le Chat botté (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (2018) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Cindrella : Graphic Novels 2 exemplares
Le petit Chaperon rouge et autres contes de Charles Perrault, Madame d'Aulnoy, Madame Leprince de Beaumont 2 exemplares
El gato con botas 2 exemplares
Der kleine Däumling 2 exemplares
Cuentos de Perrault ilustrados por Maria Pascual 2 exemplares
Кіт у чоботях. Книги з великими літерами 2 exemplares
Tales of Times Past: The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Illustrated by Gustave Doré) (Top Five Classics) (2020) 2 exemplares
Le chat botté (CD inclus) 2 exemplares
O GATO DE BOTAS 2 exemplares
O príncipe e a gata 2 exemplares
Cappuccetto Rosso 2 exemplares
Le più belle fiabe 2 exemplares
Le chat botté: Contes et Histoires pour enfants (Il était une fois t. 8) (French Edition) (2014) 2 exemplares
O capuchinho vermelho 2 exemplares
Zé Chumaço 2 exemplares
The whimsical history of Bluebeard 2 exemplares
Puss in Boots (Mini Fairy Tale Classics) 2 exemplares
OS PRESENTES DA FADA 2 exemplares
ZÉ CHUMAÇO 2 exemplares
A rainha dos pavões 2 exemplares
Runcis zābakos ; Fejas dāvanas : [pasakas : pirmsskolas un jaunākā skolas vecuma bērniem] 2 exemplares
Cuentos De Perrault 2 exemplares
Contes Choisis: La Belle au bois dormant, La Barbe bleue, Riquet à la houppe, Le Petit Poucet... (2009) 2 exemplares
Contes en vers et en prose 2 exemplares
Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Harry Clarke) 2 exemplares
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 2 exemplares
Pikku Punahilkka 1 exemplar
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 065 1 exemplar
Красная Шапочка 1 exemplar
URIASUL PERIFERIGERILERIMINI 1 exemplar
PUNAHILKKA / PERRAULT 1 exemplar
Sprookjes van Moeder de Gans. I-IV 1 exemplar
A Bela Adormecida / A Sereiazinha / O Chapeuzinho Vermelho (Jóias da Literatura Infantil) 1 exemplar
Jaś i Małgosia 1 exemplar
KUL KEDISI SINDERELLA 1 exemplar
FIABE di PERRAULT FABBRI EDITORI 2001 1 exemplar
Кот в сапогах 1 exemplar
Cencienta 1 exemplar
Pohadky matky husy 1 exemplar
la Fable du Hasard 1 exemplar
Мальчик с пальчик 1 exemplar
Le Favole 1 exemplar
EL GATO CON BOTAS 1 exemplar
Chat Botte (le) 1 exemplar
Seule dans ma peau d'âne (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (2020) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Der gestiefelte Kater und andere Märchen 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
O gato de botas 1 exemplar
O BARBA AZUL 1 exemplar
Frumoasa din pădurea adormită Darurile Zânei Barbă-Albastră Riquet cel moțat Motanul Încălțat 1 exemplar
La Barbe bleue 1 exemplar
Barbablu 1 exemplar
Barba Azul [Blue Beard] 1 exemplar
Pollicino 1 exemplar
BARBAZUL 1 exemplar
Blue Beard 1 exemplar
Barba Azul 1 exemplar
Barbe-Bleue 1 exemplar
Frumoasa din Padurea Adormita 1 exemplar
Barba-Albastra 1 exemplar
Blue Beard 1 exemplar
El gato con botas Puss in boots 1 exemplar
Cele mai frumoase povesti de Perrault 1 exemplar
Bajke 1 exemplar
Su gatu cun sos istivales 1 exemplar
El gato con botas 1 exemplar
Мальчик с пальчик 1 exemplar
Co Be Choang Khan Do 1 exemplar
Spyaschaya krasavitsa 1 exemplar
Sinjata brada 1 exemplar
CAPERUCITA ROJA- OUVRAGE EN ESPAGNOL 1 exemplar
Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
O polegarzinho 1 exemplar
Barbazul 1 exemplar
Червона Шапочка. Книги з великими літерами 1 exemplar
Coleção Turquesa - Vol.09 - O Gato das Botas 1 exemplar
Le chat botté 1 exemplar
Le chat botté conte de Ch. Perrault 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botte 1 exemplar
de gelaarsde kat 1 exemplar
El gato con Botas, Puss in Boots 1 exemplar
Obuti maček 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botté 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
Le chat botté 1 exemplar
Eventyret om Katten med Støvlene 1 exemplar
El Gato con Botas 1 exemplar
El gato con botas : cuento de Perrault 1 exemplar
The Master Cat; or Puss in Books 1 exemplar
El Gato con Botas 1 exemplar
La merveilleuse histoire du chat botté 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botte 1 exemplar
Saabastega kass 1 exemplar
Der gestiefelte Kater: Ein Märchen von Charles Perrault, Textbearbeitung Ute Kleeberg (2011) 1 exemplar
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 exemplar
PUSS IN BOOTS 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas (Em Quadrinhos) 1 exemplar
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 exemplar
El gato con botas (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplar
GATO CON BOTAS (EL)-CUENTOS CLASICOS 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
La Caputxeta Vermella 1 exemplar
Шарль Перро. Сказки 1 exemplar
Coleção Turquesa - Vol.07 - Polegarzito 1 exemplar
Читаємо після букваря 1 exemplar
Los cuentos de Mamá Ganso. (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplar
La Bella Durmiente 1 exemplar
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge 1 exemplar
La caputxeta vermella 1 exemplar
Carapuchiña vermella 1 exemplar
Caperucita roja 1 exemplar
Skazki 1 exemplar
Skazki Matushki Gusyni 1 exemplar
Saabastega kass 1 exemplar
EL GATO CON BOTAS 1 exemplar
Puss In Boots 1 exemplar
Kot v sapogakh 1 exemplar
O Gato de Botas 265 1 exemplar
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 exemplar
Punamütsike 1 exemplar
Popeliushka 1 exemplar
Il gatto con gli stivali 1 exemplar
Els contes den Perrault 1 exemplar
Oeuvres de Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
Perrault's complete fairy tales 1 exemplar
Les contes de Perrault 1 exemplar
Contes de ma mère Loye: Texte imprimé: histoires ou Contes du temps passé, et contes en vers 1 exemplar
Le Chat botté (Collection rouge et bleue) 1 exemplar
Contes des fées 1 exemplar
O traje novo do grão duque 1 exemplar
Cinderella - Cenerentola: Bilingual parallel text - Bilingue con testo inglese a fronte: English-Italian /… (2014) 1 exemplar
The Runaway Princess 1 exemplar
Le chat botté et autres contes 1 exemplar
Le Cabinet des Fées Or Recreative Readings Arranged for the Express Use of Students in French (French Edition) (2011) 1 exemplar
Repelsteeltje 1 exemplar
La Belle au Bois Dormant 1 exemplar
Des contes de fees tires de Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
The Ugly Duckling 1 exemplar
Riddar Blåskägg och andra sagor 1 exemplar
Les contes 1 exemplar
LA REINA DE LOS PAVOS 1 exemplar
EL TRAJE NUEVO DEL EMPERADOR 1 exemplar
LOS REGALOS DEL HADA 1 exemplar
ZOPETE 1 exemplar
Odabrane bajke 1 exemplar
Donkeyskin 1 exemplar
The Children's Classics Donkey-Skin 1 exemplar
Contes choisis : Le Chat botté. La Belle au bois dormant. Le Petit Chaperon rouge. Le Petit Poucet. Cendrillon. (1956) 1 exemplar
Pelnrušķīte un kristāla kurpīte : [pasaka : pirmsskolas un jaunākā skolas vecuma bērniem] 1 exemplar
Caperucita Roja (Teatro Cuentos, Band 1) 1 exemplar
The fairy tales of Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
Memoires, Contes Et Autres Oeuvres de Charles Perrault: Precedes D'Une Notice Sur L'Auteur, Et D'Une Dissertation Sur… (2017) 1 exemplar
Askepot og Sødgrøden 1 exemplar
Contes de ma mère m'oie 1 exemplar
Sprookjes van moeder de gans 1 exemplar
Novelle 1 exemplar
Charles Perrault (Grands écrivains) 1 exemplar
I racconti delle fate 1 exemplar
Märchen aus alter Zeit. Illustriert von Gustave Dore. Nach den Originalausgaben von 1694 (Contes en Vers) und 1697… (1977) 1 exemplar
Mémoires de ma vie: 1628-1687: la colonnade du Louvre, politique culturelle de Colbert (2009) 1 exemplar
De gelaarsde kat 1 exemplar
Histories or tales of past times, told by Mother Goose. With morals. Written in French by M. Perrault, and Englished by… (2010) 1 exemplar
Runcis zābakos 1 exemplar
Perrault 1 exemplar
Mille ans de contes : Tome 1, Classiques : Charles Perrault, Jacob et Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen (2007) 1 exemplar
A Giant Fairy Story: The Little Match Girl 1 exemplar
TRES CHANCHITOS (LOS) 1 exemplar
Favole sotto le coperte 1 exemplar
Hudobna in pridna deklica 1 exemplar
SAAPASJALKAKISSA JA MUITA SATUJA 1 exemplar
Oeuvres 1 exemplar
Favorite Fairy Tales, v1 1 exemplar
Charles Perraults sagor 1 exemplar
Red Hat and Other Fairy Tales 1 exemplar
De vakreste eventyr 1 exemplar
A Giant Fairy Story: The Little Mermaid 1 exemplar
The Tales of Mother Goose: Bilingual Edition: English-French (English and French Edition) (2014) 1 exemplar
Punahilkka 1 exemplar
Cendrillon suivi du Chat Botté 1 exemplar
Mis mejores cuentos/ My Best Stories: Perrault y otros clasicos/ Perrault and Other Classics (Rincon De Lectura/… (2009) 1 exemplar
Perrault's Stories / Cuentos de Perrault: Bilingual (Spanish-English Translated) Dual-Language Edition (2013) 1 exemplar
Contes de Perrault illustrés par Gustave Doré (Contes de ma mère l'Oye) (French Edition) (2014) 1 exemplar
Evergreen Tales No. 13 Bluebeard 1 exemplar
Les Plus Beaux Contes de Perrault: La Belle au bois dormant -Cendrillon -Le Chat botté (1999) 1 exemplar
El gato con botas: los deseos ridiulos 1 exemplar
Cuentos de hadas ilustrados: El gato con botas, Caperucita Roja, La bella durmiente, Barba Azul, Cenicienta (Spanish… (2012) 1 exemplar
Caperucita Roja - gutmaga 1 exemplar
Prinses Eselvel 1 exemplar
Sleeping Beauty. A Giant Fairy Story 1 exemplar
Petit Chaperon Rouge, Le 1 exemplar
El gato con botas y otros cuentos de hadas ilustrados por Gustave Doré (Spanish Edition) (2012) 1 exemplar
Le petit Poucet (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (2016) — Autor — 1 exemplar
La belle au bois dormant (Edition pédagogique commentée et complétée de Notes, Belin Boussole) (1697) — Autor — 1 exemplar
Contos ou Histórias dos Tempos Idos Livro 1 1 exemplar
Contos de Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
The Ridiculous Wishes 1 exemplar
O Príncipe e o Monstro 1 exemplar
As Fadas Livro 1 1 exemplar
O Cordeiro do Colar de Ouro 1 exemplar
Bilhetes, Por Favor 1 exemplar
LOS DESEOS RIDÍCULOS # 00873 1 exemplar
Cinderella - La Cenicienta: Bilingual parallel text - Textos bilingües en paralelo: English-Spanish / Inglés-Español… (2018) 1 exemplar
História ou Contos de Outrora 1 exemplar
Morals 1 exemplar
Παραμύθια του Παλιού Καιρού 1 exemplar
החתול במגפים 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botté livre disque 1 exemplar
Le Petit Chaperon rouge livre disque 1 exemplar
Le Petit Poucet livre disque 1 exemplar
Peau d'âne livre disque 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots Illustrated: Classic Tale 1 exemplar
Les Fees, Historiettes Naives et Enfantines 1 exemplar
Puss in Boots (Caldecott Honor Book), $14.95 1 exemplar
Little red riding hood. Con CD Audio 1 exemplar
3 Contes de Perrault 1 exemplar
Storie del tempo che fu 1 exemplar
Červená karkulka 1 exemplar
a bela adormecida no bosque, editora global 1 exemplar
PETIT POUCET (LE) 1 exemplar
Il gatto stivalato 1 exemplar
La Barbe bleue et autres contes 1 exemplar
Klein Duimpje 1 exemplar
Klein Duimpje 1 exemplar
Fiabe 1 exemplar
Young Learners Classic Readers: Sleeping Beauty (Beginning Level 2 w/MP3 Audio CD) (2012) 1 exemplar
Blauwbaard 1 exemplar
O tesouro dos três irmãos 1 exemplar
Beauty and the beast / [retold by Geraldine Kaye ; the illustrations are by Evadne Paul]. (1972) 1 exemplar
The Glass Slipper 1 exemplar
El gato con botas. Puss in Boots. Bilingual Spanish - English Fairy Tale: El libro bilingue ilustrado para… (2015) 1 exemplar
La Cenicienta (PRIMEROS LECTORES (1-5 años) - Cuentos clásicos para leer y contar) (Spanish Edition) (2015) 1 exemplar
Cendrillon raconté par Marlène Jobert 1 exemplar
CENDRILLON ET D'AUTRES CONTES 1 exemplar
Les Contes de Perrault 1 exemplar
Contes de Charles Perrault. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Bilingual Book in French and English: Édition bilingue… (2016) 1 exemplar
De Sprookjes Van Moeder De Gans 1 exemplar
Junior Great Books Series 3 Volume 1 1 exemplar
Puss In Boots - Children's Stories 1 exemplar
Scufița Roșie 1 exemplar
Le Chat Botté. Puss in Boots. Charles Perrault. Bilingual French - English Fairy Tale: Dual Language Picture Book for… (2015) 1 exemplar
Le petit Chaperon rouge - Akazukin chan (Conte classique bilingue en français - japonais. (French Edition) (2018) 1 exemplar
Little Red Riding Hood 1 exemplar
O polegarzinho 1 exemplar
CONTOS DE PERRAULT 1 exemplar
Le petit chaperon rouge et autres contes 1 exemplar
Neuf contes de Charles Perrault 1 exemplar
Capuccetto Rosso 1 exemplar
Tales of Times Past: The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Illustrated by Gustave Doré) (Top Five Classics) (2020) 1 exemplar
Les Contes des Perrault 1 exemplar
Fairy Tales Of Charles Perrault, The 1 exemplar
Contes de Perrault et de Mme Beaumont 1 exemplar
The Fairy Tales 1 exemplar
Povești cu zâne 1 exemplar
Caperucita Roja con ilustraciones de Nana Tolka (Cuentos de hadas) (Spanish Edition) (2020) 1 exemplar
Cuentos de perrault 1 exemplar
Snehvide 1 exemplar
Fábulas Encantadas O Gato de Botas 1 exemplar
Fábulas Encantadas O Pequeno Polegar 1 exemplar
La belle au bois dormant: théâtre 1 exemplar
Little Red Riding Hood CD - A1/2 level 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
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)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- 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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 935
- Also by
- 54
- Membros
- 7,670
- Popularidade
- #3,180
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 292
- ISBN
- 1,568
- Línguas
- 33
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- 11
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.… (mais)