Puss in Boots (Rabbit Ears We All Have Tales) - Softcover

Metaxas, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939228255 ISBN 13: 9781939228253

Publisher: Rabbit Ears Entertainment, 2013

Synopsis

Claude, the youngest son of a miller, feels short-changed when his dearly departed father leaves him nothing more than a retired tomcat. However, when Claude decides to do away with his feline inheritance, the cat devises a clever plan to save his own skin by promising to transform his dim-witted owner into a noble prince. This is a splendid comic adaptation of the classic French fairy tale. Part of the award-winning Rabbit Ears We All Have Tales series. Ages 5 and up. Beautifully illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan. Video and audio versions of the same story, narrated by Tracey Ullman with with original music by Jean Luc Ponty, use the same illustrations and text as the book. DVD and digital video downloads are available at Amazon's disc on demand and Amazon Instant Video. The audiobook is available at Audible.com.

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Review

Charles Perrault first published his collection of classic French folk tales 300 years ago, including "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty," and this entertaining story about a most clever feline. In Puss and Boots, a poor miller dies and leaves his youngest son nothing but a cat. The son is none too happy about it, either; " ...once I've eaten my cat and made a muff out of the fur, I'm sure to starve," he says. But what a legacy the bequeathed cat turns out to be! The cat in tall boots creates a new identity for the youngest son--the Marquis of Carabas, complete with fine clothes, fields of wheat, a castle stolen from an ogre, and in the end, the respect of the king and the hand of the king's daughter. The story itself is gracefully and humorously told, and the text, set in large gray type, adds an old-fashioned air to the tale.

Fred Marcellino's illustrations for Puss in Boots--a Caldecott Honor Book--are infused with golden light and summer warmth in the sun-dappled woods and beside the fields of ripe grain. Many of his paintings show a masterful use of perspective; the reader sometimes looks down on a scene as though from a balcony, or from below, at a huge charging lion. Marcellino has also illustrated a version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier and two books by Tor Seidler, A Rat's Tale and The Wainscott Weasel. Young listeners won't soon forget this crafty character of a cat, who has a great deal of charm despite his less-than-honest means of helping his master. (Ages 5 to 9)

About the Author

Marcia Brown, one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature, is a three-time Caldecott Medalist and six-time Caldecott Honor illustrator, as well as winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for the body of her work. She lives in Laguna Hills, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rabbit Ears Entertainment
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1939228255
• ISBN 13: 9781939228253
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Le-Tan Pierre
• Number of pages: 36