Publisher's Synopsis
Puss in Boots Jr and the Good Gray Horse by 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. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
