You’ve probably heard that cats have nine lives; but do you know what happens after? Where cats go after they die, and what they do there, is told in Mama Cat, the first children’s book by writer Christopher Geoffrey McPherson and illustrator Matt Hinrichs. The main character in Mama Cat is Eames – a real-life cat wise beyond his years, talented and precocious – who tells the story. Eames never ceased to amaze us, Christopher says. One day he’d be installing a new mouse on the computer, the next he’d be re-writing Tennessee Williams to create an all-feline version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. So, what were we to think when he told us this?
Eames wanted this story to help people understand what happened to cats when they went beyond their nine lives, Matt says. Sometimes people are sad when they lose a pet; but this story shows there is no need to be.
We are very happy living among the human care givers, Eames adds. But this story, known by cats old and wise, tells of a happier place.