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This beloved story is a bit of a surprise for a children's favorite, since the cat uses deceit (imaginative no less) to advance his master's fortunes, and the master-turned-marquis never sets the record straight. So this probably isn't the best story to use in the module on the virtue of integrity. Suspending that complaint, it is an enjoyable story, but Marcia Brown's pen & ink with spare use of color is what makes it take off in her masterful creations on the white pages. So I would differ...more
Great story, bad art. Simple line drawings are colored with greys, yellows, and reds that look much like a child's coloring book: half colored and out of the lines. There are much better illustrated version of this tale.
Feb 17, 2012
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
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Caldecott Honor - 1953
I am trying to remember what other versions of Puss in Boots that I have read to think about how it compares - just not sure about this version.
I am trying to remember what other versions of Puss in Boots that I have read to think about how it compares - just not sure about this version.
Read for #nerdcott. Reviewed in Caldecott Challenge Post #80: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
Caldecott honor
1953 Caldecott Honor
Favorite line: "If you do not, you will be chopped into mincemeat." Violent I know, but I thought kids would giggle at that one.
Favorite llustration: I liked the last page, which is also the cover art, where he's dressed in all his finery.
Kid-appeal: The story of Puss in Boots is rather odd. Probably not worth seeking out in my opinion.
Favorite line: "If you do not, you will be chopped into mincemeat." Violent I know, but I thought kids would giggle at that one.
Favorite llustration: I liked the last page, which is also the cover art, where he's dressed in all his finery.
Kid-appeal: The story of Puss in Boots is rather odd. Probably not worth seeking out in my opinion.
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Marcia Brown has won the Caldecott Medal three times, the only person to do so until David Wiesner in 2007. She is also the winner of the 1977 Regina Medal, a six-time recipent of the Caldecott Honor, and the winner of the 1992 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her lifetime body of work in children's literature.
Brown continues to paint in her studio in California, now focusing on Chinese art instead...more
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