The Blue Cat of Castle Town

Blurb

The Blue Cat of Castle Town is a children's novel by Catherine Coblentz, illustrated by Janice Holland. It tells the story of the kitten born under a blue moon, whose destiny was to bring the song of the river, with its message of beauty, peace and contentment, to the inhabitants of Castle Town.
The book, illustrated by Janice Holland, was first published in 1949, and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1950.
The book was inspired by Coblentz's visit to Castleton, Vermont in 1946, with her husband, who was interested in seeing a nearby wind turbine then being used to generate electricity. Librarian Hulda Cole told her of a local girl who had made an embroidered carpet that hung in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among its motifs, inspired by the natural world of its creator, was a blue cat. Coblentz, a Vermont native, drew on real people from the town's history to tell the story of the blue cat's adventures.