“The hardest part of writing the book was cutting myself loose from reality, but when I did, I really started to have fun with it. I moved the story from the East Village to Washington Square Park, which is my neighborhood. When my kids were little, our family used to spend so much time there running around in the fountain, going to outdoor concerts, watching the guys play chess, people from different backgrounds coming together. The book became a way for me to celebrate the serendipity of friendship and the haphazard way communities form in cities like New York.”
The Concord Monitor Review of Cat in the City
“This time of year brings out the child in all of us, and adult readers are often looking for a book to share with children they may not see often. Cat In the City is that kind of book, a warm tale well told…Weber’s colorful illustrations remind me of Maira Kalman’s – stylized and unfussy but full of life and movement and emotion.”
Cat in the City goes to the Children’s Museum of Manhattan!
Join Julie and Jill at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, December 20th!