A review of Fred Marcellino's "Puss," from 1990..... Puss, a cat--on the verge of becoming dinner for a poor man--takes control of his own situation. He says, "Let me live, and get me a pair of boots, and I'll make your life very easy." Puss then talks his way into riches. He has his impoverished master swim nude in a pond; he tells the King, "Someone snatched my master's clothing during this skinny-dip session!" The King makes a "loan" of a fabulous tuxedo. Now, the penniless master begins "turning heads." Puss next wins land for his master; he goes to a powerful ogre and says, "I bet someone as bulky as you could never transform himself into a tiny mouse." Unthinking, the ogre becomes a mouse--and Puss has a feast. Now the ogre's palace is up for grabs. The rest is history..... Fred Marcellino won fame with his "Puss in Boots" drawings -- which are as grand as something from Paul Zelinsky. The Marc...