David Cory

Puss in Boots, Jr. and the Good Gray Horse (Illustrated) David Cory

To know Puss, Junior once is to love him forever! That's the way everyone feels about this adventurous cat who is the son of a very famous father, Puss in Boots. In the Puss in Boots, Jr series of ten books written by David Cory and originally published in 1917-1922, Puss, Junior discovers that he is the son of the illustrious Puss in Boots and he begins a journey across New Mother Goose Land to find his famous father. Along the way, Puss Junior meets characters from children's fiction and nursery rhymes, helps the weak and downtrodden, and learns something about life from everyone he meets. In this book, Puss and his Good Gray Horse continue to search for Puss Junior's father. They meet Georgy Porgy, the Three Little Kittens, Doctor Foster, Little Jenny Wren, Daffy-Down-Dilly, Little Boy Blue, Old Dame Trot, Bobby Shafto, and the Bramble Bush Man. Puss stops a runaway horse, rides a bicycle, apprehends the Knave of Tarts, and learns the alphabet. The original illustrations by Elizabeth Jones Babcock are included in the stories. The Puss in Boots, Jr books are lovely reminders that simple words can awaken the imaginations of children and adults alike, just as they did one hundred years ago. The original stories have been very slightly edited to change archaic words and references. Reading level is second grade but much younger children will enjoy hearing the stories read to them. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless story. This edition is amply illustrated.