Charles Perrault

　　A folklorist widely considered the inventor of Mother Goose and the Fairy Tales genre, Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French writer who created a remarkable collection of stories under the name of his son, which became known by its subtitle, Tales of My Mother Goose (1695). They include what came to be called "nursery rhymes" and familiar fairy tales including: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots, just to name a few. Perrault is credited as the true originator of Mother Goose stories. His book was first translated into English by Robert Samber in Histories or Tales of Past Times told by Mother Goose (1729). Mother Goose wasn't widely known in America until after 1786, when Maby Isaiah Thomas reprinted Samber's book of the same title.