Friday, April 3, 2009

Book Review: Playful Pussy



Here's another item from my childhood that I managed to save. I loved the hell out of this book, and you can understand why... the pages are full of a cute, adorable pussy!

I figured this book came out in the 1970s since it was my book in the 1980s and had someone else's name penned on the corner. I did a bit of digging on the publisher (Doeisha), and the book came from Japan and was published sometime between 1950 to sometime in the 1960s, so the book is much older than I thought. It also seems like I'm the only one in the world who owns a copy of this book, since couldn't find anyone else with a copy on the internet. Some of the other books in the "My Happy Book" series have prices on them ranging between 27 and 39 cents each.

The entire book has its cardboard pages held together by 25 year old masking tape, and has mould spots and warping from leaving it out in the rain when I was around 6 years old. Regardless, I still loved this book. Now, let's go to the land of Pussy!







As we've gone through our adventure with Pussy getting wet, indulging in fish, and becoming exhausted after all the fun, you can clearly see that Playful Pussy is a book that the whole family can enjoy. A clear 10/10 rating!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have this book. In very good quality too. I left it out as reading material at a party recently, it was very popular.

Anonymous said...

I have this book also. I found it in a back alley Aladdin's cave style shop and they gave it to me for free with another book as i couldn't stop chuckling at it :)

Anonymous said...

My friend has both playful pussy and puppies and pussies! Funnnnny!

Anonymous said...

Just got a big box of my childhood books from my mom and guess what I found? Playful Pussy! I would have been enjoying mine in about 1971. My copy is a bit less worn than yours and has a "plasticized cover". You are not alone!

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