Charles Perrault penned a famous folk tale with which most of us are familiar. It begins with the typical opener, “Once upon ...

Curated by University of Colorado Boulder students under the direction of Sean Babbs (Instruction Coordinator for the Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collections) and Suzanne Magnanini (Associate ...

Sylvain Sonnet/Corbis Today’s Google Doodle honoree, Charles Perrault, is credited with helping invent the modern fairy tale. The author of classics like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and ...

Thus began my introduction to the magical world of Charles Perrault (1628-1703 ... turned the whimsical tales into children’s operas “Little Red Riding Hood” (1911) and “Puss in Boots ...