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    Miranda The Great
    Miranda The Great
    Miranda The Great
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    Miranda The Great

    Written by Eleanor Estes

    Narrated by Lyssa Browne

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    Miranda was a cat of many accomplishments: she was a good mother; she could sing; she had once chased sixteen dogs, causing them to flee in disgrace. Long ago, she and her daughter Punka lived in Rome in a beautiful villa with a senator and his family. But when the city was invaded by barbarians, the family fled to safety--without the cats. Left behind in the burning city, Miranda made her way through crowded streets with Punka, collecting motherless kittens as she went. At last she arrived at the vast Colosseum, where she established a haven. There it was, assisted by the valient Punka, that she preserved the lives of a multitude of kittens and cats--who were to become the noble ancestors of the cats of modern Rome.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 1967
    ISBN9781593163426
    Author

    Eleanor Estes

    Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children’s librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats—Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat—were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.  

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    • 4/5
      Hi yet hi Chad miss bye-bye checked teeth the TV
    • 4/5
      How have I never checked to see what else Estes has written besides The Moffats and The Hundred Dresses?! Though I find this story a little obvious and a little blah now, and can't whole-heartedly recommend it because of doubtful historical accuracy, I would have adored it as a little girl. The bit where Miranda frees the Mother Queen Lion in exchange for drops of milk for all the 33 rescued kittens is priceless. I am sure that neither the school nor city library owned this when I was a child... I don't know why, though. If you like stories about brave cats, and can overlook minor flaws, I hope you can find a copy in your library. It's quite short - my edition 80 pp. w/ pictures.
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite picture books from childhood.

      I love how fiction can really inform your later life experiences. When I finally first visited Rome, and saw the Colosseum, I was immeasurably thrilled to see 'Miranda's' descendants living happily amidst the ruins, wild, but fed and cared for by volunteers.

      Maybe this book is also part of the reason I love cats...
    • 4/5
      I've read and reread the author's The Witch Family and The Hundred Dresses since I was a girl, but I'd never run across Miranda the Great before. Miranda, a large golden cat who belongs to a Roman senator's family, smells smoke one day. What Senator Marcus has been warning has come to pass: barbarians are sacking and burning Rome. Claudia, his daughter, and her mother would have gladly taken Miranda and her daughter, Punka, with them, but the cats were frightened by Marcus' horse and hid.Miranda leads her daughter and some abandoned kittens to safety. This fierce cat even stands up to a lion. It's a charming tale for cat lovers.