The Adventures of Miss Petitfour Book Review

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Every now and then you come across a book that is truly a nugget of gold, such as this one, right here. Books that put a sweet smile of content happiness on your face, books where each sentence is like a little cake (a petitfour), and books that you want to read and re-read and re-read many times because they are so cute and wonderful.
This book is exactly like this and let me tell you why...




Back Cover Synopsis (from the book)

"Miss Petitfour loves baking and making and dancing with her cats, but most of all she loves to fly. All she has to do is pick up a favorite tea-party tablecloth and catch the breeze--and she swooshes off, with her many cats dangling paw-to-tail behind her."

Five utterly captivating stories of gentle adventure, delicious edibles (with cheese for the cats), occasional peril and heart-zinging warmth.



Anne Micheal's lovely writing, she uses words like eccentricity, festooning, and many more delicious words.
The names of all the characters are wonderful and unique. Names like Pleasant Patel, Mr Coneybeare, Mrs Collarwaller, and Mrs Carruther.
Her cats have adorable names too. There's Minky, Misty, Taffy, Purrsia, Pirate, Mustard, Moutarde, Hemdela, Earring, Grigorovitch, Clasby, Captain Captian, Captin Catkin, Captain Clothespin, Your Shyness, and Sizzles.

All the food (cakes and pastries)! Here's an example:
"There was currant toast squishy with butter, caramel-marshmallow squares, strawberry boats oozing custard, chocolate eclairs that exploded with cream when the cats bit into them with their little white teeth and--a special treat for Pleasant--a pie made from thick slices of Bramley apple, with just the right amount of tangy in the tangy-sweet."
The illustrations are simply adorable and enchanting!


Here I am not going to include the 'What I didn't love' section because it is not needed.






There are 5 little stories in this book: Miss Petitfour and the Rattling Spoon, Miss Petitfour and the Jumble, Miss Petitfour and the Penny Black, Miss Petitfour and the Birthday Cheddar, and Miss Petitfour and the 'Oom'.
Please, please read this charming book and you will not regret it I promise! 

Hannah
xoxo


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