Saturday, March 29, 2008

Puss in Boots / Retold by Lincoln Kistein, ill. Alain Vaes


Puss in Boots is a classic fairy tale of a young man and the very clever cat he inherits from his father. The young man seems to get the short end of the stick in this inheritance except for the fact that the cat has a knack of being able solving problems like destroying an ogre who is terrorizing some peasants and getting the young man some new respectable clothing. In the end the young man finds himself married to the daughter of a king all without exerting much effort.

The illustrations in this book are grand, colourful and reminiscent of a much older time with castles and kings. The artwork is beautiful and fills the pages with images that are realistic yet caricatures at the same time. This book is well worth reading this story one more time.

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