Review by Disneyland -- Puffy and the Formidable Foe
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[Following is a volunteer review of "Puffy and the Formidable Foe" by Marie Lepkowski and Ann Marie Hannon.]
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The authors of the book generate much warmth as well as inspiration, while introducing this short book of five pages, to us. The story describes an expedition of a cat Puffy, to hunt for a rat. She happens to encounter a skunk, her carnivorous foe, in this undertaking. She learns a lesson from this bitter experience of chase and escape and makes a valuable resolution.
Before reading the book, I knew nothing of animals, except that I liked their pictures in childhood and loved to draw them. The pet animals inspire us with a sense of homeliness and familiarity. I found the book simple in presentation, as well as instructive, as it goes into the details of explaining Puffy’s fear against her foe, when it expresses, ’Noone ever told Puffy, you better beware of a kitty, whose odor will mess up your hair.’ Had the ending been a little more comic, by adding another few affirmative lines about Puffy’s comfortable state of mind, when she decides to resort at home after her encounter with the skunk, the story would have turned a complete lore!
The story of the book has that tinge of seriousness, in the moral it contains, which any children’s book should have. The book as a whole makes a full use of the potential creativity of a child. It appears colourful and lively to me, all set for a thorough recreation. Cat as a protagonist, is as common an animal to reflect upon, as frog in the book ‘Little Green’, by Arnold Rudnick. Also, we find tree as a protagonist in ‘Rocky’, by Jennie E. Nicassio. I wonder about an ideal book with a child as a protagonist! The book ends with an important lesson learnt by a cat, in face of difficult situation. Life, in fact, is a process of rediscovery of a fact, learnt in childhood.
I have started thinking of the facts learnt through life experiences and methods to acquaint the children with them. I did not find a single grammatical error in the book, throughout my read. I suggest the book to children below twelve years of age, who are receptive enough, to grasp a memorable event in life. Very often we find lack of right source to kindle the inspiration to follow the simple facts of life, and they appear lifeless and impossible to us. I rate the book 4 out of 4 stars for fulfilling the very task for children.
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The authors of the book generate much warmth as well as inspiration, while introducing this short book of five pages, to us. The story describes an expedition of a cat Puffy, to hunt for a rat. She happens to encounter a skunk, her carnivorous foe, in this undertaking. She learns a lesson from this bitter experience of chase and escape and makes a valuable resolution.
Before reading the book, I knew nothing of animals, except that I liked their pictures in childhood and loved to draw them. The pet animals inspire us with a sense of homeliness and familiarity. I found the book simple in presentation, as well as instructive, as it goes into the details of explaining Puffy’s fear against her foe, when it expresses, ’Noone ever told Puffy, you better beware of a kitty, whose odor will mess up your hair.’ Had the ending been a little more comic, by adding another few affirmative lines about Puffy’s comfortable state of mind, when she decides to resort at home after her encounter with the skunk, the story would have turned a complete lore!
The story of the book has that tinge of seriousness, in the moral it contains, which any children’s book should have. The book as a whole makes a full use of the potential creativity of a child. It appears colourful and lively to me, all set for a thorough recreation. Cat as a protagonist, is as common an animal to reflect upon, as frog in the book ‘Little Green’, by Arnold Rudnick. Also, we find tree as a protagonist in ‘Rocky’, by Jennie E. Nicassio. I wonder about an ideal book with a child as a protagonist! The book ends with an important lesson learnt by a cat, in face of difficult situation. Life, in fact, is a process of rediscovery of a fact, learnt in childhood.
I have started thinking of the facts learnt through life experiences and methods to acquaint the children with them. I did not find a single grammatical error in the book, throughout my read. I suggest the book to children below twelve years of age, who are receptive enough, to grasp a memorable event in life. Very often we find lack of right source to kindle the inspiration to follow the simple facts of life, and they appear lifeless and impossible to us. I rate the book 4 out of 4 stars for fulfilling the very task for children.
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