Meet the Cat of Strawberry Hill
Separated from her original owners at a highway rest stop on a trip to Maine, a kitten is chased by a dog, injured in a fall, and attacked by a herring gull. Exhausted, she is rescued by two innkeepers, who decide to take her home to Rockport.

The cat adapts quickly to her new surroundings and to this day rules the roost at Strawberry Hill—greeting guests, walking them down to the water's edge, eyeing chickadees at the inn's bird feeder, and generally entertaining both her adopted "parents" and their guests.

This heartwarming true story is now the subject of a new book for children, written by Fran Hodgkins, illustrated by Lesia Sochor, and published by Down East Books. To order your copy call 1-800-589-4009 or 207-594-5462. $15.95 plus tax & shipping.

Fran Hodgkins is a full-time book editor at Houghton Mifflin and a freelance writer whose stories and articles have appeared in such magazines as Writer's Digest, Highlights for Children, Cat Fancy, Boy's Life, and The Dolphin's Log. In 1999, she won the EdPress Award for a piece in Zillions magazine. Fran lives in Lynn, Massachusetts, with her family.