Puss in Boots, Philip Pullman
Puss in Boots, Philip Pullman
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Puss in Boots
The Adventures of That Most Enterprising Feline

Author: Philip Pullman

Narrator: David Harewood

Unabridged: 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2020


Synopsis

Imagine how Jacques feels when he learns that his older brothers have inherited the mill and the donkey, and all he's got is the CAT!

Well, he's not fed up for long, because he soon discovers that Puss is no ordinary cat... Not only can he talk (which is pretty unusual for a cat), but he's also got brains. And he's got a plan - a plan that involves Jacques, a Royal Princess and a very large fortune!

However, there are some things that Puss hasn't included in his plan, such as a very hungry Ogre, some sleepless Ghouls and more than a touch of magic . . .

Artwork illustrations © Ian Beck, 2000
Cover and text design @ Puffin
Published by arrangement with Random House Children’s Publishers UK, a division of The Random House Group Limited.

About The Author

PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. He has also won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. Pullman was knighted for services to literature in the New Years' Honors in 2019.Philip Pullman is the author of many other much-lauded novels. Three volumes related to His Dark Materials: Lyra's Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North, and The Collectors. And a new trilogy set in the same world, The Book of Dust, which began with La Belle Sauvage. For younger readers: I Was a Rat!, Count Karlstein, Two Crafty Criminals, Spring-Heeled Jack, and The Scarecrow and His Servant. For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet (The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess), The White Mercedes, and The Broken Bridge.Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit philip-pullman.com or follow him on Facebook at Philip Pullman author, and on Twitter at @PhilipPullman.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry

The story of this most enterprising feline follows the traditional Puss in Boots tale with the kitty-cat being left to the deceased miller's youngest son Jacques, whose eldest brother inherited the mill while the middle brother inherited the miller's donkey. Jacques was initially disappointed with hi......more

Goodreads review by Aimee

For our Literacy during my first placement at school we have been reading Puss in Boots. Pullman's version is slightly different than the original as he adds a couple of interesting characters to the story who add a unique twist to this old tale. Puss is no ordinary cat, he is a talking cat who belon......more

Goodreads review by Wilde

A retelling of a famous fable. This book was OK - the illustrations were a bit odd. Overall rating 2.5. Reading time around twenty minutes.......more

Goodreads review by Sonia

This interesting book tells a story of a boy, Jacques, who just lost his father and was left with just the mill-wheel and the cat, Puss in his will. Not being able to afford the rent, Jacques decides to go on an adventure with Puss to try to seek fortune elsewhere. Puss was not just any ordinary cat......more

Goodreads review by Jezreel

The story shows great adventure about an ordinary boy who is left with a cat by his father. Although this is no ordinary cat his name is Puss in Boots and he is a very clever cat. He helps Jacques with his adventures through out the story and all that Puss asks for is that Jacques brings his courage......more