Fairytales By Hermes

Fairytale characters illustrated on this absolutely delightful carre include:

• Snow White (German fairy tale published in 1812 by the Bothers Grimm)
• Seven Dwarfs (Doc, Happy, Bashful, Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy)
• Evil Queen (the wicked witch who gives the poisoned apple in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
• Little Red Riding Hood (European fairy tale whose best known versions in the 1600's were by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm)
• Big Bad Wolf (aka Zeke Midas Wolf or Br'er Wolf of Little Red Riding Hood fame)
• Hansel and Gretel (the Bothers Grimm)
• Good Fairy (possibly from Little Bunny Foo Foo by English poet Michel Rosen in 1970))
• Prince Charming (from the 1950 film Cinderella by Walt Disney Productions)
• Bluebeard (a French folktale, the most famous version of which was was written by Charles Perrault in 1697)
• Frau Holle (aka Mother Holle or Mother Hulda or Old Mother Frost from the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm)
• Cinderella (initially published in Italy by Giambattista Basile in 1634 and then by Charles Perrault of France in 1697)
• Babar (Babar the Elephant first appeared in 1931 French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff). This is not Dumbo (1941 film by Walt Disney Productions).
• Cheshire Cat (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll in 1865)
• White Rabbit (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll in 1865)
• Puss in Boots (17th century French fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth and the hand of a princess for his penniless master)
• Bambi (1942 film by Walt Disney Productions)
• Hermes (the Greek winged messenger of the gods. His name in the form of herma was applied to a wayside marker pile of stones added to by passing travelers)
• Jemima Paddle-Duck (a Beatrice Potter story from 1908) or possibly Mother Goose (the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. There are some scholars that trace the origin of Mother Goose back to the biblical Queen of Sheba).
• Unicorn (legendary creature described since antiquity with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead)
• Little Boy Blue (possibly .. ?) (from old British nursury rhyme)
• Peter Rabbit's mother, Old Mrs. Rabbit, and his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail (a tribute to the works of UK's Beatrice Potter)

Hermes Histoires de Carres / Spring - Summer 2010

Children who read stories believe very strongly in the existence of their imaginary companions who accompany them throughout their lives! For them, with a wave of his magic pen, Philippe Dumas has assembled these friends on a carre. Of course, he's invited the god Hermes, that winged traveller who brings back stories from all corners of our childhood: Prince Charming, the Good Fairy, Babar, Snow White and the Dwarves, but also Alice and the White Rabbit, some characters from Beatrice Potter, without forgetting Puss in Boots and Little Red Riding Hood. Even the Witch, Blue Beard and the Big Bad Wolf are here for the show!