Program Type:
Author VisitProgram Description
Event Details
Local author Christina Smith will discuss her juvenile book "When The Cat Lays an Egg." Join us to meet her, learn about her writing inspirations and methods, and enjoy light snacks while she shares excerpts from the book.
Title: “When The Cat Lays an Egg”
Setting: Europe, 1909
Main Characters:
The Blessner Family: A large family of 12
Sophia: The youngest daughter of Lenhart and Christina
Aggie: Sophia’s pet cat
The Organ Grinder Juan, and his monkey Martinez
Plot Summary:
The Blessner Family works together as they navigate the challenges and joys of rural life in 1909 Europe. The family
relies on their agricultural endeavors to sustain themselves and their farm.
Sophia and Aggie embark on various adventures around the farm, forming a strong bond and encountering interesting
characters along he way.
The family faces financial difficulties but finds innovative ways to overcome them, including starting a bread-selling
business. They find themselves competing with other local businesses, however, their main competitor Juan the organ
grinder and his monkey Martinez; was nothing short of riveting. Why both sides seek out the attention and patronage of the crowd’s business, they had to figure out how to capitalize on the foot traffic that the organ grinder generated.
Sophia’s parents had spared no expense to make her birthday party a day to remember. But amidst all the excitement
, a look of disappointment washed over Sophia, when she realized she did not receive the doll of her dreams on her
birthday.
Soon thoughts rushed through Sophia’s head, but she soon realized that her cat Aggie was not next to her, Aggie was
missing, Sophia panicked and began looking for Aggie all around the house. Sophia finally found Aggie curled up on the couch in the parlor. Meanwhile, Papa noticed Sophia was nowhere to be found, a wave of worry came over him as he began searching for her. Papa heard Sophia talking down the hall as he approached the parlor. As Papa walked in he soon discover Aggie’s secret was now revealed.