Leapfrog: Felix, Puss in Boots

by Maeve Friel

Felix is not a happy cat. He wants to be more like the cat on the TV! But is Felix really cut out for such adventure?

The Leapfrog series is perfect for children who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words.

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 8, 2013

About the author

I was born in Derry (Northern Ireland) where I went to Thornhill College and then studied sociology in University College Dublin. I have lived all over the place since then and have worked as a teacher, a translator, a secretary and a tour guide before taking up full time writing.

I wrote several short stories for adults which were broadcast by BBC Radio 4. Then I wrote Irrational Developments, a story inspired by the protests about water shortages in a small Spanish village. It was published in the Sunday Tribune and went on to win the 1990 Hennessy Literary Award. That encouraged me to keep writing.

Since then I have written 19 books for children of all ages as well as lots of short stories which appear in many anthologies. I live in Dublin and also have a hideaway in that same small Spanish village where I am surrounded by orange orchards.