Mog in the Garden

Judith Kerr's popular feline, who has now passed away in picture books (Goodbye Mog), is still among the living in a quartet of board books: Mog and Me; Mog in the Garden; Mog's Family of Cats; and Mog's Kittens. The first title introduces the cat and her toddler buddy, from their morning stretch through an active day of play until bedtime. In Garden, cat and boy play together outside until the boy goes to bed and Mog plays alone. Family of Cats introduces Mog's relatives at Mog's third birthday; and in Kittens, Mog raises two kittens of her own, until they head to new homes and ""Mog can sleep on [the boy's] bed again."" Soft pastel illustrations lend a friendly, calm feeling to the adventures.