The adventure of Pumi, the Police Cat

By A.P. Hernández

Pumi is a very special cat. Unlike his brothers, who enjoy hunting, scratching sofas and racing, Pumi likes to watch the stars, ask questions and, above all, doing justice. He wants to become a police dog when he grows, and that is why he asks Moe the library mouse to help him learn how to read and write.

But things aren’t as easy as they seem. Trying to enter the police force, Pumi finds himself in a world ruled by dogs and prejudice, a world where cats, no matter how brave they are, have no place. The obstacles in his way will test his determination, strength and perseverance, while they will help him meet new friends and live great adventures.

Book recommended for children and preteen between 6-7 and 10-11 years old.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Sep 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9781071507339

A.P. Hernández

Ο Antonio Pérez Hernández (Μούρθια, 1989) είναι δάσκαλος στην Πρωτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση, παιδαγωγός, με Μάστερ στην Καινοτομία και στην Έρευνα στην Εκπαίδευση και Δόκτορ, με τη διάκριση cum laude (έπαινος), για τη Διδακτορική του Διατριβή Αξιολόγηση της ικανότητας στην επικοινωνία δια της γλώσσας μέσα από διηγήματα στην Πρωτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση. Εργάζεται ως δάσκαλος και συγγραφέας.

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About the author:

Antonio Pérez Hernández is an Elementary School teacher, specialized in Musical Education, Therapeutic Pedagogy and Language and Phonetics. He is also a pedagogue, possessing a Master’s in Education Search and Innovation; he is also Doctor, cum laude for his Doctoral Thesis Evaluation of competence in linguistic communication through storytelling in Elementary Education.

He has been awarded a runner up prize in the Premio de Creación Literaria Nemira and has been finalist in Certamen Internacional de Novela Fantástica y de Terror Dagón. He has published more than fifteen books, and has been translated to seven different languages: German, Greek, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese and English.

Currently he combines his work as a teacher with his passion for literature.

Web Page: www.aphernandez.com

Twitter: @ap_hernandez_

Instagram: @ap_hernandez_

Due to the central role that felines have in this book, I would be utterly disrespectful if I did not dedicate this to Pumi, my cat, who has fed my imagination and inspired this story through his years by my side.

ÍNDICE

CHAPTER 1

Black, white and brown

CHAPTER 2

Stars and mice

CHAPTER 3

Like cats and dogs

CHAPTER 4

Evening Session

CHAPTER 5

The neverending story

CHAPTER 6

A library cat

CHAPTER 7

Pumi, the Righteous Cat

CHAPTER 8

The news

CHAPTER 9

Next

CHAPTER 10

Jupiter

CHAPTER 11

Quick as a flash

CHAPTER 12

Sneaky as a shadow

CHAPTER 13

The shirt

CHAPTER 14

Frederick

CHAPTER 15

The final test

CHAPTER 16

Knock-Knock

CHAPTER 17

Coffee & cookies

CHAPTER 18

A new beginning

CHAPTER 1

Black, white and brown

It was midnight, and Mary, a 60 years old lady, watched the newly born litter of kittens that had just arrived into the world. Snow, her cat, had been in labor most of the evening, and now she was laying on her comfortable cushion, giving warmth and milk to her nine children. Meanwhile Lyon, the father of the infants, licked them their first bath of their lives.

Snow was white as snow, and Lyon black as coal. How do you think their children looked like? White? Black? Black and white? Grey?

Well, you will be surprised to find out that there were all kind of colors. A kitten was black, just like his father. Another two were as white as their mother. Three were white with black patches. Two were black with white patches. And the last one was white and... Brown! Yes, yes, you heard me. His back had brown hair, and one could see that he was going to be a very large and strong cat by the way he drank milk from her mother’s nipple. He had been at it for five minutes already, and he didn’t stop drinking. He might be really thirsty, or the milk might be really tasty and warm. You must understand that this is all my imagination, since (I promise) I have never tasted cat milk, only cow and goat milk.

If you are thinking that this last cat was an intruder, that he wasn’t one of Snow and Lyon’s children, that he had crashed the party just to gorge on milk, I can guarantee you that he wasn’t. If you don’t trust me, you can ask Mary. She saw it all. She was there all evening, watching as Snow delivered, one after the other, all those nine precious kittens.

And, talking about Mary, she was watching the scene from her rocking chair. She bore a slight smile on her face and her eyes twinkled with excitement in the half-light. Mary