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.
Grimmtastic Girls Grimmtastic Girls Grimmtastic Girls is a series of children's books written by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams. It uses themes and characters from fairy tales, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Goldilocks. The series is set at Grimm Academy in the country of Grimmlandia. The first book, "Cinderella Stays Late", was published in 2014. Cinderella, nicknamed Cinda, is the new girl at school. She is a tomboy girl with a love for masketball. After Cinda's mother died, her dad remarried to her stepmother, who had two children, Malorette and Odette, both of whom love