Marshall Saunders' book, "Pussy Black-Face; Or, The Story of a Kitten and Her Friends", is a charming and heartwarming tale that revolves around the adventures of a little kitten named Pussy Black-Face and her various animal companions. The book is written in a captivating and engaging narrative style that appeals to both children and adults alike. Through the interactions and experiences of the characters, Saunders explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and the importance of compassion towards all living beings. The vivid descriptions and character development in the book create a vivid and enchanting world for readers to explore.

Pussy Black-Face, or, “The story of a kitten and her friends” is a book for boys and girls written by Marshall Saunders and illustrated by Diantha Horne Marlowe. Our story starts with Pussy Black Face introducing himself - “My name is Pussy Black-Face, and I am a naughty young kitten. I wish I were good like my mother. She is the best cat that I ever saw. I try to be like her, and sometimes I succeed, but most times I don't.” Known to all as Black Face, this cat is a mischievous kitten who does things most cats do, like sleep, eat and hog the warmth of the fire and sleep even more. Black Face and his friends are looked after by Mrs. Darley. She is a widow with two adopted children—Billy and Margaret. Black Face has a sister named Serena, and a brother called Jimmy Dory. But, Black Face is not the first cat which most people choose to stroke or pick up to cuddle. Neither is Black face the most agile cat. He is the most adventurous of the siblings, and is forever knocking over ornaments, and other precious nick-knacks, quite often breaking them. As the summer came on, Mrs Darley opened up the house and Black Face and his friends were allowed to explore the pavement while their mother and father sat on the wide window sill watching. “Beware of the naughty boys,” his mother warned. The kittens began to play with a pebble and chase it along the pavement. Before they realised it they had lost sight of the house and chased the pebble right into the hands of the very boys their mother had warned them about. And so began the adventures of Black Face and his friends…… But what happened next you ask? Well you will have to download and read this book to find out for yourselves! YESTERDAY’S BOOKS FOR TODAY’S CHARITIES 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charity. ================= KEYWORDS-TAGS: Pussy black face, kitten, friends, fireside, cat, refuge, surprise, change, visit, family, common land, first, fight, sensation, serena, astonish, train, country, maine, lovely, headstrong, sister, pigs, cows, chickens, lecture, mole-hunt, return, children, mischievous, guinea-hen, owl, close, summer, back to, city, again, Action, Adventure, afraid, Angora, Anthony, baggage-master, barn, basket, beautiful, Black-Face, Blizzard, body, Boston, boxes, carriage, cats, chickens, children, Children’s Story, claws, Clean, Common, corner, cows, cuddle, dairy, dark, Darley, Della, Denno, Denville, dog, Dolly, Dory, down-stairs, drink, eat, escape, Fairy Tale, family, farmer, father, Fear, fight, Folk tale, follow, fright, Gleason, guinea-hens, happy, hawk, heart, hen-house, home, horses, human, hungry, Jimmy, Joker, kennel, kitten, lady, large, lick, little, love, Maine, mamma, Mary, meadow, meow, milk, mistress, mole-hunt, Mona, mother, mouth, nurse, orchard, pavement, play, protect, purr, pussy, Pussy, Rosy, run, running, safety, save, saviour, scared, Serena, sister, Slyboots, starving, station, strange, street, stroke, summer, Tabby, Thirsty, tired, Tree stump, trees, trouble, vulgar, walked, water, window, Wyandotte, yard

By the Fire A Cat's Refuge A Surprising Change I Visit My Family The Cat on the Common My First Fight A New Sensation Serena Astonishes Us On the Train We Reach the Country Maine, Lovely Maine My Headstrong Sister Pigs, Cows and Chickens My Sister Gives a Lecture The Mole-hunt The Return of the Children The Mischievous Guinea-hen The Owl and the Chickens The Close of the Summer In the City Again

One of the first animal viewpoint novels published in North America, Margaret Marshall Saunders’s Beautiful Joe tells the story of an abused dog and his rescue by a humane family. The novel, based on the true story of a dog in the author’s home province of Ontario, fuelled humane sentiments worldwide. This annotated, illustrated edition draws on archival collections to trace the novel’s impact on the nineteenth-century animal protection movement. The introduction also highlights some of the important social issues surrounding the substantive revisions and omissions in ensuing editions of the text. The historical appendices place the novel in its rich milieu as an international bestseller that taught a generation of children to practice kindness towards animals. Documents include animal training manuals, lesson plans for teaching humane education, legal records of prosecutions for cruelty, and contemporary writings on the psychology of pet-keeping.