The King of the Cats: and Other Feline Fairy Tales Book

Clever cats, bewitched cats, enterprising cats, lovelorn cats: The King of the Cats presents thirty-six fairy tales from around the world that celebrate feline intelligence, intuition, and ingenuity.

Here are stories of Puss in Boots, Dick Whittington’s cat, and other famous felines, including the King of the Cats himself. With them are tales of cats who live in palaces of their own; cats who outwit ogres, witches, and magicians; cats who are really princesses in disguise; cats who talk themselves out of trouble; and cats who, over and over again, use their wisdom, cunning, guile, and charm to save the day for their human companions.

Beginning with a thirteenth-century fairy tale, the colorful fiction and fables in The King of the Cats range across six hundred years and fifteen countries. Authors including Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Washington Irving, and Rudyard Kipling are represented with stories alongside cat tales from the folk traditions of Europe, India, Japan, Persia, North Africa, North America, and Scandinavia.

Freely mixing enchantment and common sense, playful pranks and selfless acts, and the irascible with the irresistible, the entertaining tales in The King of the Cats will be treasured by anyone who loves the magic and mischief of the true king of the beasts.