{"product_id":"little-red-riding-hood-and-other-stories-illustrated-by-w-heath-robinson-hardcover","title":"Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Perrault\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. Heath Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eA. E. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Puss in Boots,\" \"Blue Beard,\" \"Tom Thumb,\" and other beloved fairy tale classics, as set down by the man who first rescued them from the oral tradition in the 17th century. Contains six color plates and 30 black-and-white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of eight classic children's stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Perrault (1628-1703) was born in Paris. His father was a barrister, so he studied law, but he found work as a civil servant, first in the offices of his brother, Receveur général des finances, and then as Comptroller of the Royal Buildings for Louis XIV. He also wrote verse and became a member of the Amadémie Française in 1671. As an Amademician he was involved in the 1890s in an intense controversy about the merits of modern - as opposed to classical - writers and when in 1694 he published his verse retelling of a traditional tale, 'Donkey-Skin', he was attacked for writing such childish stories. It is not surprising, therefore, that his famous fairy tales, first published as \u003ci\u003eHistoires ou contes du temps passé avec des moralités\u003c\/i\u003e in 1697, carried the name of his son Pierre Darmancour as the author. Since Pierre was probably just nineteen at the time, it is unlikely he could have produced such skilful telling of the eight fairy tales that have remained so universally appealing for nearly three centuries. They are now always attributed to Perrault. The stories first appeaed in English in 1729 and have been in print ever since, under different titles, most often as \u003ci\u003eMother Goose's Tales, \u003c\/i\u003ethe words that appear in the frontispiece of the French edition, depicting the storyteller as an old woman with three spellbound children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.61 x 6.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Little Red Riding Hood\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756893569312,"sku":"9780679451037","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/37fd2a1dc8710df6d5764071dc57a7b1.webp?v=1780088540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/little-red-riding-hood-and-other-stories-illustrated-by-w-heath-robinson-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}