Sky Cinema's latest blockbuster, The Amazing Maurice, features a star-studded cast voicing characters that kids and adults alike will love. The tale follows Maurice, a street-wise ginger cat voiced by Hugh Laurie, and his adventures as he befriends a group of talking rats as part of a money-making scheme.
The film is inspired by Terry Pratchett's novel "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents", the 28th book in his popular Discworld series. The book itself was inspired by the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and was written as a parody of the folklore genre. If you or your child has enjoyed Sky Cinema's telling of the tale and want to see more from Maurice, then the novel is the perfect thing to turn to.
If you're put off by the novelisation being the 28th in a series, don't worry. Discworld is unique in that the books can be read in any order and as stand-alone novels. The comedy-fantasy series is mostly aimed at adults, and The Amazing Maurice was the first children's book in the collection. If your little one enjoys reading The Amazing Maurice, they may enjoy delving into the following children's book, "The Wee Free Men". Whilst not directly related to The Amazing Maurice, the subsequent YA novels in the series are a brilliant way to get kids and young adults into reading, and many characters from the other novels make cameos in others. For example, Maurice and his rodents are mentioned in the 11th novel, "Reaper Man."
The animated film version has been adapted into a screenplay by Terry Rossio, one of the creative minds behind all five Pirates of the Caribbean films and Aladdin and Shrek. It has been made with the full support of the Pratchett Estate and has been produced in association with Narrativia; a production company set up by Terry Pratchett himself in 2012.
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