From back when Weekly Reader sold hard cover books.Wondering if I should have re-read this or just kept it as a favorite childhood memory. A book publisher named Shepherd Henderson (Jimmy Stewart) has just moved … I read is dozens of times! Published There also seem to be some stories about abuse against the cat during shooting. We’d love your help. fiction, children's fiction, grade 4, cat, Weekly Reader Book Club, Mom's stash, discardThis is a children's story of a neigborhood of cats who plot to take over their human's houses. One person found this helpful. I came upon a few books in my attic the other day that I had kept for all these years and decided to read them again. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I read this as a kid...and have fond memories......would like to read it again.This was my FAVORITE book as a child.

Cast with the hottest actress of the day, Kim Novak and James Stewart the first ever Siamese in film, Pyewacket would be stealing the show in the film Bell Book and Candle. Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2012. I came upon a few books in my attic the other day that I had kept for all these years and decided to read them again.

by Abelard-Schuman This review contains some spoilers for this film! I read this as a kid who loved cats, so it was a pretty easy win. In 1956 during the popular craze over the Siamese Breed Hollywood decided to cash in. Pyewacket is more of a jerk than I remembered...One of mine & my brother's favorite books in our youth!One of mine & my brother's favorite books in our youth!This was one of my very favorite books as a child, I felt like I was right there on that lane with those cats....The imagination of a child. 0200714732 It is extremely popular among the Siamese Cat Lovers of the world. Children's books featuring bold and brave girls are both becoming easier for parents to find, and also cover a large range of ...The seven cats of Pig's Lane make a truce with the rats and mice while they try to drive out their humans.My mom gave me this book one summer when I was about 8 years old. Rather worn but never parted with.

I enjoyed it. Synopsis: Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a woman who runs an African curios shop in New York City underneath the apartment building where she and her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester) live. In the 1958 film Bell, Book and Candle Pyewacket is the name of Gillian Holroyd's Siamese cat/familiar.

While the other Siamese used were professionally trained for film, Houdini was an untrained pet Siamese chosen for being particularly photogenic and well-socialized, which made him ideal for close-ups and for scenes in which Pyewacket must be handled by humans. The film was adapted from a 1958 Broadway play that continues to be produced in community theatres, with Pyewacket played by Kim Novak's real-life cat. Both children and adults will enjoy it.Really liked this one, used to read it to my little brother.

It is one of my all time favorite books, and I have two copies so I will be happy to loan one to you.A fun read. Pyewacket is the story about a group I came upon a few books in my attic the other day that I had kept for all these years and decided to read them again. Pyewacket (familiar spirit), a familiar spirit reported by an alleged witch in 1644 Pyewacket, a 2017 Canadian film by Adam MacDonald; Pyewacket, a 1967 children's novel by Rosemary Weir; Pye Wacket, an experimental missile; Pyewacket, a sailing yacht commissioned in 2004 by Roy E. Disney; Pyewacket, a fictional cat in Bell, Book and Candle But while the scene where Gillian is swatting at Pyewacket on a shelf trying to get him down is disconcerting, there’s no evidence that any cat was hurt or traumatized during production, and it isn’t even bad enough for us to feel it warrants a Kitty Carnage Warning.Pyewacket received a lot of press even before being cast. Quite the opposite sort of cat to Pyewacket in Bell, Book and Candle. "Pyewacket" is a good old-fashioned story about a group of cats and their adventures after deciding to live without humans.

If i had kids, they would read it.Although I have this listed as Young Adult, this is actually a Scholastic children's book from when I was in second grade. One of the many Siamese cats who played Pyewacket was named Houdini. Verified Purchase. I enjoyed reading the book (although it only took about 30 minutes to do so) because it brought back memories of childhood and how excited I would get when we were allowed to choose a book from the Scholastic books catalog.B-. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of