Pussy Slipper - Ela Peroci
A legendary picture book about a cat who takes children's slippers that they don't put away after themselves. She sews them up and mends them, then returns them... First published in 1957.
A popular children's story that will surely find its way into all those homes where children tend to forget about order. The Slipper Cat takes away the slippers that the children don't put away, patches them up, and sews new ones just the way they want them. She's the kind of cat who brings order to the house with care and warmth.
The fairy tale about the cat in slippers was masterfully illustrated by Ančka Gošnik Godec, who, like Ela Peroci, is one of the most important and most awarded children's authors in Slovenia. The book was first published in 1957 and has been reprinted more than thirty times. It has been translated into numerous foreign languages and has been performed as a puppet play many times at home and abroad. The cat in slippers has marked every childhood and youth in Slovenia.
Ančka Gošnik Godec is the recipient of the 2024 Rihard Jakopič Award for Lifetime Achievement.
"In the works of art of Ančka Gošnik Godec, there is an immense power hidden that warms, nourishes, lasts and remains. How many of us are there whose images have made our childhood and not only our childhood more beautiful?"- Anja Stefan
The Cat in the Slippers, the cult fairy tale by Ela Peroci with equally cult illustrations by Ančka Gošnik Godec, celebrates its 67th anniversary this year.