Cat, You Better Come Home

Puff, a dissatisfied, somewhat uppity, cat leaves home, because she wants to taste the 'good life'. Using a bouncy, syncopated rhyme, Garrison Keillor tells Puff's story as she travels to Greece, and France, and Copenhagen, living the high life all the way. Unfortunately, her yacht sinks in Copenhagen, and everyone fears she is gone for good. But sometime later, there comes a 'scratch, scratch' at the window of her home, and a contrite Puff has finally come home. With illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, this was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in 1996.