“Rumbly tumbly” black cat Lucca and curious, nimble grey tabby Tirah live with their humans in a house on the edge of town, next to a forest that the cats have named The Great Wood. When Lucca spies an intruder in their yard, they investigate and discover there are creatures in the Great Wood besides mice and birds. When they encounter a wild cat who hunts for food and sleeps in the trees, they learn an important lesson about how someone can be very different from them and yet also very much the same.
This beautifully illustrated children’s storybook for early readers (ages 6-9) is a gentle tale about fear of the unknown and the challenges of making friends, that’s also an allegory about prejudice. It features story and text by Jason Warburg and illustrations and layout by Angela Caldwell.