The Adventures of Miss Petitfour
The Adventures of Miss Petitfour
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Tundra Books
Annotation: An eccentric heroine and her 16 cats use a makeshift tablecloth balloon to fly around on windy days in search of adventures, including a search for marmalade, a spring jumble sale, a quest for "birthday cheddar" and a competition in the village's annual Festooning Festival.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #110272
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Tundra Books
Copyright Date: 2015
Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 11/03/15
Illustrator: Block, Emma,
Pages: 124 pages
ISBN: 1-7704-9500-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-7704-9500-5
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2014951819
Dimensions: 21 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal Starred Review (Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2015)

Gr 1-4 Meet Miss Petitfourbaker, adventurer, cat-lover, reader, stamp-collector, and storytellerand her multitudinous cats in this episodic, begging-to-be-read-aloud illustrated chapter book. Its comedic irreverence and spirited play with words, names, and pirate lore will remind readers of Mary Poppins and Pippi Longstocking . Children will savor the whimsical language and conversational tone as well as the nameless village with its wordless wooden signs ("[T]his village was friendly to all even the youngest who didn't yet know how to read and to a stranger who spoke a foreign language."). The bookstore has two sections: the "hum" section, where adventure is king, and the "ho-hum" section, where nothing much happens. There is plenty of hum in this tale, such as the stormy day when Miss Petitfour and her cats get stuck on the bell tower while traveling by a transparent plastic tablecloth "as invisible as the rain itself." A subplot concerns what makes a good story, explicitly highlighting (in font and tone) words that govern pacing: "Some words are like rays of light, white knights or a safety pin at the right momentlike 'unbelievably' or 'by great fortune.'" Then the author proceeds to use those words herself, ostensibly instructing young ones how to write digressive adventure stories. VERDICT Highly recommended for story lovers of all shapes and sizes. Sara Lissa Paulson, City-As-School High School, New York City

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School Library Journal Starred Review (Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2015)
Word Count: 14,657
Reading Level: 6.9
Interest Level: 2-5
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 6.9 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 177760 / grade: Lower Grades
Guided Reading Level: P

Miss Petitfour enjoys having adventures that are "just the right size - fitting into a single, magical day." She is an expert at baking and eating fancy iced cakes, and her favorite mode of travel is par avion. On windy days, she takes her sixteen cats out for an airing: Minky, Misty, Taffy, Purrsia, Pirate, Mustard, Moutarde, Hemdela, Earring, Grigorovitch, Clasby, Captain Captain, Captain Catkin, Captain Cothespin, Your Shyness and Sizzles. With the aid of her favorite tea party tablecloth as a makeshift balloon, Miss Petitfour and her charges fly over her village, having many little adventures along the way. Join Miss Petitfour and her equally eccentric felines on five magical outings -- a search for marmalade, to a spring jumble sale, on a quest for "birthday cheddar", the retrieval of a lost rare stamp and as they compete in the village's annual Festooning Festival. A whimsical, beautifully illustrated collection of tales that celebrates language, storytelling and small pleasures, especially the edible kind!


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