Homer the Little Stray Cat, by Pamela L. Laskin | Book Spotlight

The Children’s Book Review | February 27, 2015

Age Range: 3-6

Paperback: 38 pages

About Homer the Little Stray Cat

Homer is a precocious and perpetually dirty stray cat living on the city streets he calls home. One day an unexpected accident leads to the discovery of something he’s never had before, a loving family.

About the Author

Pamela L. Laskin is a Lecturer in the English Department and Director of The Poetry Outreach Center at City College, where she has taught composition and creative writing for over twenty-five years. Her published children’s books include A Wish Upon a Star (Magination Press); Historical Heroic Horses (McGraw­Hill); Music From the Heart (Bantam) and The Buried Treasure (McGraw­Hill). A memoir, My Life In Shoes, came out in 2011.

About the Illustrator

Kirsi Tuomanen Hill is a New York­based art teacher and freelance artist. She enjoys working on a range of visual projects at once, both to inform her teaching and to keep herself experimenting. Kirsi has a special love for illustration and repeatedly returns to it as a primary interest. She holds a BA in Art History from Johns Hopkins University, a Post­Bac in Studio Art from MICA, and an MA in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.