Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault (; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier 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 "Barbe Bleue" ("Bluebeard"). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later.
Winter (Meyer novel) Winter (Meyer novel) Winter is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the fourth and final book in "The Lunar Chronicles" series and the sequel to "Cress". The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of "Snow White", similar to its predecessors "Cinder", "Scarlet" and "Cress" which were loosely based on "Cinderella", "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Rapunzel" respectively. It was a "USA Today" and "Wall Street Journal" bestselling novel. Due to Princess Winter's refusal to use the Lunar gift,