Publisher's Weekly:
The noted veterinarian and storyteller recalls a Christmas morning when he was summoned to the home of Mrs. Pickering. Usually he called on her Basset hounds, but this time the woman's concern was for a mother cat that was sick. The cat, a stray that occasionally hung around at Mrs. Pickering's, had brought her kitten with her and then died. Mrs. Pickering keeps the kitten, which grows up to become a "retriever-cat" fetching balls and setting them at his mistress's feet. It portrays
a holiday spirit usually associated with the past: that the humblest of pleasures are the ones most keenly felt. (Although the designated reading level is 4-7, folks of all ages will enjoy this beautifully told story.)
This file should make an excellent embossed braille copy.
