When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals.The borders of the pages foretell the emergence of spring and the birth of kittens. Ages: 4 to 8 AUTHOR: With more than thirty million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author/illustrators of children's books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.