What is Charles Perrault?
{{Infobox Writer | name = Charles Perrault | image =ChPerrault.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 12 January 1628 | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1703|5|16|1628|1|12|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | occupation = Author | genre = | movement = | website = }} '''Charles Perrault''' (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a [[France|French]] [[author]] who started the literary [[genre]] of [[fairy tale]]s. His best known tales include the following: * ''Le Petit Chaperon rouge'' (''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'') * ''La Belle au bois dormant'' (''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'') * ''Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté'' (''[[Puss in Boots (fairy tale)|Puss in Boots]]'') * ''Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre'' (''[[Cinderella]]'') * ''La Barbe bleue'' (''[[Bluebeard]]'') * ''Le Petit Poucet'' (''[[Hop o' My Thumb]]'') * ''Les Fées'' (''[[Diamonds and Toads]]'') * ''La Marquise de Salusses ou la Patience de Griselidis'' (''[[Griselda (folklore)|Patient Griselda]]'') * ''Les Souhaits ridicules'' (''[[The Ridiculous Wishes]]'') * ''Peau d'Âne'' (''[[Donkeyskin]]'') * ''Riquet à la houppe'' (''Ricky of the Tuft''). ==Related pages== * [[Brothers Grimm]], wrote their own versions of some of Perrault's stories == Other websites == {{commonscat}} * [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/perrault.html SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221080356/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/perrault.html |date=2007-02-21 }} * {{gutenberg author| id=Perrault+Charles | name=Charles Perrault}} * [http://www.perraultfairytales.com Great resource to introduce young children to Perrault Fairy Tales.] * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.litteratureaudio.com/livres-audio-gratuits-mp3/tag/charles-perrault/ Charles Perrault, his work in audio version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105064115/http://www.litteratureaudio.com/livres-audio-gratuits-mp3/tag/charles-perrault/ |date=2016-01-05 }} [[File:Spe