Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1-1705) was one of the early French fairy tale authors and actually popularized the term fairy tales (contes de fées in French). She ...

Charles Perrault, author of Little ... translated into English in 1729 by Robert Samber. However, readers may be shocked to discover that Perrault's original tales have lost much of their grisly ...

Le Guin with helping him learn English ... Trilogy,” which is the author’s take on the “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” story from “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.” Day George’s books also ...

Sources: Sara Graça da Silva, Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT ... and the Beast” in the U.S. and “The Fairy Serpent” in China? As Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm collected ...

Most variants of this ATU type come from the French fairy tale by Charles Perrault "Les Fées" or "The Fairies," but the general story comes from a widespread traditional folktale popular in Europe and ...

Black Woods, Blue Sky” showcases author Eowyn Ivey’s imaginative powers and a deep knowledge of Alaska and its beings.