Elizabeth Stanley

A beautifully illustrated story about Buddhist monks providing a sanctuary to Indo-Chinese tigers, one of the world's most endangered animals. A painfully realisitc but hopeful story.

Tom's cat, China, is growing old. After years of playing together in the plum tree China's doesn't have the energy to do anything anymore. Tom cares for China until China dies. China is buried under the plum tree where Tom spends a lot of time missing China. Tom's parents bring him home a little girl kitten, who looks very different to China. Tom takes the new kitten to the plum tree to meet China.