
Puss in Boots from On The Treetop
Author: Clara Doty Bates
Narrator: Bert Stauff
Unabridged: 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Bertha Stauff
Published: 09/23/2025
Categories: Children's Fiction

Author: Clara Doty Bates
Narrator: Bert Stauff
Unabridged: 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Bertha Stauff
Published: 09/23/2025
Categories: Children's Fiction
Clara Doty Bates was a 19th-century American author known for her children’s poetry and juvenile literature. Her works, often published in popular periodicals like St. Nicholas and Wide Awake, explored themes of childhood innocence, family, nature, and loss. Bates is considered a significant figure in 19th-century American sentimentalism in children’s literature, contributing to the evolving understanding of childhood’s role in society.
Bert Stauff is a family nurse practitioner specializing in pediatrics. Reading is a lifetime fascination for her. It started as a young mother and has been an integral part of who she is for many years. Reading stories to young children has been a lifetime dream. Now that she is retired from nursing, she can devote time to this pursuit. She passed her passion for books on to her children, who have excelled in their career because of their love for words.