Samantha likes to play school with her cat, Shadow. She pretends to teach her cat how to count to 10. One day, they go to a park and Samantha is surprised to find that Shadow listened to her and she finds objects in the park to count up to 10. She sees 1 turtle, 2 flowers, 3 dogs, and more up to the number 10. This is a brightly colored picture book for preschoolers, children that are learning to count to 10. Each page has one line of text and a colorful picture to correspond with the number.

Some day my kids will write a tell-all, but for now, this book is my tell-all.
For my children's tell-all, one chapter will detail how their mother's idea of cooking dinner is well, lacking; that their mother's idea of cooking is to: A. Burns it (This really is not done on purpose). B. To order pizza. C. Make pancakes.
Schools should not serve pizza. Why? Because pizza is an easy, quick and tasty choice for undomestic moms everywhere. Pizza remains our meal of choice. That is besides pancakes for dinner, which I tried to convince my kids was actually a dinner meal and not breakfast. But back to pizza for a minute. My kids actually gave me a cease and desist on ordering pizza. "Mom, we have pizza every day at school. Do we have to have it at home too?" Yes. Yes you do...
I once strolled into the hallway and had to duck-and-cover because my sons were having a coin toss. No, not a coin toss like at a county fair where you merrily toss coins hoping to land on a plate in exchange for a stuffed animal or small trinket. No, I'm talking about pennies flying through the air like Major League baseball pitches. It's times like these, when a mother picks up the phone and calls her best friend, or her sister, or a fellow mom, or someone who will understand and listen.
Tattoo Moments: Okay, so I got a tattoo...I'm allowed, right? Wrong I thought I'd surprise my family and hadn't told anyone, and so when a group of us were out to dinner, I wore a shirt that I knew would subtlety yet somewhat conspicuously show the newly acquired ink.
I couldn't help but wonder how long it would take anyone to notice the tattoo. Ten minutes? Five? An hour? Would anyone notice at all? Yup, before the waiter even brought the menus, my son glanced at me. And with a most horrified look on his face, he uttered, "Mom, is that a tattoo?"
Suddenly the chattering of family members and friends silenced. My other son, who was sitting at the far end of the long table, looked at me and his face said it all, but he repeated his brother's question almost verbatim adding a tone of disgust and disbelief, "Mom, you got a tattoo?"
I smiled proudly, "Yes. Do you like it?"
"What it is of?" An inquiring mind wanted to know.
My mind raced. I explained I had to leave to pick up Dad at the airport since his plane was coming in early.
"Wait "
My sons weren't letting me go without further explanation and more precisely, they wanted to know, "What was I thinking?"
I insisted I had to leave, and so, slipping my credit card into my son's shirt pocket to pay for dinner, I made a quick get-a-away.
I arrived at the airport, picked up my husband and after arriving home; he tilted his head and asked, "Is that a tattoo?"
"Yes. Yes, it is," I said.
The following day, my husband bombarded me with questions. "Did it hurt? Where did I get it done at?" And most importantly, "What was the tattoo of anyway?"
Honestly, with this much fuss about my "tattoo," can you imagine what it would've been like if I'd actually gotten a real one?

Sam is a curious little boy, always asking questions. One day he asks his mother about God, and if God loves him. His mother assures Sam that God loves him and that he is special in this colorful children's picture book.

Samantha is a curious little girl, always asking questions. One day she asks her mother if God loves her. Her mother assures Samantha that she is special and that God loves her in this colorful children's picture book.

Shadow Cat becomes famous after books are published about her, and she travels the world and goes to Hollywood. Soon she learns that she would rather have friends than fame in this colorful children's picture book. Age: Preschool.

Shadow Cat is forced out of the house by an intrusive dog. The Cat with Fame is story 3 in the Shadow Cat Series. Also in this series are, The Cat With No Name, and The Cat Who Went Lame by Catherine Burr and Shadow Cat.

It started out like every other day for the cat with no name that is until Samantha's kitty cat went missing. Samantha, her mother, and Samantha's best friend Ralph set out to search for the missing cat. They made of flyers and looked everywhere in the neighborhood. Finally they learn that the kitty had been chased up a tree by a dog and fell out, only to be taken to a local animal hospital. The doctor told Samantha that her cat might never walk again Over time, the kitty cat recovered and Samantha and Ralph were very grateful and sang out a song of praise and thanks to God.

A cat with no name chased butterflies and ran carefree through the yard of a vacant house with her brother and sister, until strange things started to happen, first her siblings and mother disappeared, then new owners of the house, who didn't like cats moved in, and suddenly no name cat's entire world changed.