When April's cat, Sheba, had three kittens, April's father pointed out that four cats in a New York apartment were three cats too many. April might keep which ever one she wanted most. But the other three would have to be given away. For, said her father, theirs was strictly a one-cat apartment.

April's choice was a difficult one. For how was it possible to choose? She wanted to keep the black kitten, Charcoal. But she also wanted to keep tiger-striped Butch. And she particularly couldn't bear to part with sweet little Brenda with the white face. And certainly she couldn't think of losing darling Sheba. What to do? April's problem and its final, supremely happy solution, make a story that all children will love. And the pictures are as enchanting as those in Mrs. Newberry's first book, "Mitten," of which the New York Times said: "The very best cat pictures that have ever been made."

From the dust jacket