In this cumulative story, a patient girl uses a growing number of enticements to gain the trust of a stray cat.

"The characters in this book were created using Sculpey clay. They were baked in an oven until hardened, cooled, and then decorated with gouache paint. The clothing was sewn by hand and frayed to look aged. The house was built by hand from wood and painted using latex outdoor house paints with a crackle glaze between the layers to age the surface. The snow was created from five different varieties of artificial snow, including spray snow and cotton batting. The icicles were made using a clear-gel glue. The set was photographed with a 2 x 4 Haselblad camera utilizing a variety of lenses and colored gel filters. The falling snow is the only element in the book that is an after-effect; it was created on a computer with Photoshop." --Colophon.