The Adventures of Miss Petitfour (HB)

Author(s): Anne Michaels

Fiction (8 to 12 years)

Meet the utterly irresistible Miss Petitfour (a name of unknown origin but possibly descended from bakers of tiny delicious cakes). She 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 favourite tablecloth (preferably the one with the paisley print), catch the breeze and she swooshes off on an adventure - with her many cats (Minky, Misty, Taffy, Purrsia, Pirate, Mustard, Moutarde, Hemdala, Earring, Grigorovich, Clasby, Captain Captain, Captain Catkin, Captain Clothespin, Your Shyness and Sizzles) dangling paw-to-tail behind her. In five utterly captivating stories of gentle adventure, delicious edibles (with cheese for the cats), occasional peril and heart-zinging warmth, poet and novelist Anne Michaels (author of bestselling, award-winning Fugitive Pieces) makes a charming, purrfect debut as a children's author.


Product Information

Discover the delicious world of Miss Petitfour - packed with the playful spirit of Pippi Longstocking, the charm of Mary Poppins, with CAKE and CATS. This first children's novel from award-winning poet and novelist Anne Michaels makes a perfect present for anyone aged from six to sixty

Anne Michaels is the international award-winning author of Fugitive Pieces, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Guardian Fiction Prize. It was also made into a feature film. She is also the author of The Winter Vault and several books of poetry. Her work has appeared in translation around the world. The Adventures of Miss Petitfour and Her Cats is her first book for children. Anne lives in Toronto, Canada.

General Fields

  • : 9781408868041
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : 0.181
  • : August 2015
  • : 200mm X 143mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : November 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Anne Michaels
  • : Hardback
  • : 1215
  • : Emma Block
  • : en
  • : 813.6
  • : 144