I loved this story even more because it is true. A talented group has blended their writing, editing, and illustrating talents, creating and publishing a heartwarming children's story.

A mother cat knows one of her kittens is ill and knows a remarkable man in the neighborhood that can help her little one. The introduction was not only a wise choice for the kitten but helped the man too. A new lease on life for both hearts giving the kitten adventures beyond a mother's dreams and giving paw-some company to a long-haul trucker as he travels coast to coast.

The possibilities to open dialogue with children through storytelling are endless…
• Read aloud in a library storytime or children's hospital setting
• A teacher sharing the story with a class
• A guidance counselor sharing the story with a student
• A mother, father, or older sibling reading it to a son or daughter or younger sister or brother as a relative or friend is recuperating from illness
• Independent reading

It's the perfect story to introduce a trucker's life or heal a heart that needs comforting and give a little inspiration to rescue a cat. Some of the proceeds from the book are being donated to Colbert County Animal Shelter in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Old Trucker Mike's home state. Trucker William Michael Mattingly may be followed on Tik Tok account @old_trucker. ( )