Includes bibliographical references and index.

Callie Smith Grant : introduction -- Callie Smith Grant : "The cat in the window" -- Vicki Crumpton : "Miss Scarlett and Rhett" -- Andrea Doering : "The time-share cat" -- Alison Hodgson : "Fat Jimmy from Jersey" -- Kathryn Mays : "The gift of St. Nicholas" -- Mark Muhich : "My cat, Big Boy" -- Ila J. Smith : "I thought I would slow down" -- Mary Ann Osborn : "The long road home" -- Jill Eileen Smith : "For the love of Sandy" -- Robert Benson : "The Monk goes on retreat" -- Kathi Lipp : "The stepcat" -- Pamela Allnutt : "Cat from the land between" -- Donna Acton : "The cat doesn't even like the dog" -- Ed Peterson : "Cool cat, school cat" -- Donna Hollingsworth with Pam Lione : "The mayor of Dreher Avenue" -- Lonnie Hull Dupont : "Kit Kat the comforter" -- Alison Hodgson : "About a Boy" -- Cindy Crosby : "Liar, liar, shades of gray" -- Sandy Cathcart : "A different kind of cat" -- April McGowan : "Lost in translation" -- Andrea Doering : "On a farm" -- Marilyn Guidinger : "Blosso