Puss in Boots (Pinkney book)
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| Author | Jerry Pinkney |
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| Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature, picture book, Fairy tale |
| Published | 2012 (Dial Books for Young Readers) |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback) |
| Pages | 40 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780803716421 |
| OCLC | 764583729 |
Puss in Boots is a 2012 picture book of the classic fairy tale by Jerry Pinkney. Based on Charles Perrault's version, it is about a cat that enables his owner to achieve fame and fortune.
Reception
[edit]School Library Journal, in a review of Puss in Boots, wrote "The text clearly relates the plot with lyrical language and vivacious energy, and the color-pencil and watercolor artwork showcases the period's costumes, architecture, and landscapes."[1]
The Horn Book Magazine wrote "Pinkney stays close to Perrault's written version of the story (according to the artist's note, Pinkney chose to set the tale in France in 1729, the date of the English publication of "Puss in Boots"), providing sumptuous watercolor, gouache, and colored-pencil illustrations that place realistic natural elements like animals and trees side by side with the ostentatious embellishments in the eighteenth-century clothing and furnishings of the human characters."[2]
Puss in Boots has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[3] Booklist,[4] Kirkus Reviews,[5] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,[6] and Library Media Connection.[7]
References
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- ^ "Puss in Boots". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Puss in Boots: Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Puss in Boots". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. October 15, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
Pinkney (The Lion & the Mouse) offers another sumptuous reimagining of a classic story
- ^ "Puss in Boots". kcls.bibliocommons.com. OCLC 764583729. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
A richly detailed version of the tale.
- ^ "Puss in Boots". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. September 26, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
Handsomely turned out, as can be expected…but Pinkney himself notes that he studied over 20 illustrated editions of the story before producing one of his own, and he offers nothing particularly fresh.
- ^ Jeannette Hulick (January 2013). "Pinkney, Jerry Puss in Boots". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 66 (5). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 257. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Puss in Boots". Library Media Connection. 31 (6). ABC-CLIO LLC: 85. May 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2017.[dead link]