Topper is the author's long-hair cat and a valued member of her family. Lynda is often puzzled though, about what goes on in Topper's little cat brain. Why does he do some of the things he does?
As she tries to figure him out, her unexpected and sometimes amusing results lead Lynda to conclude that she may not know Topper so well after all.
In the Mind of a Cat's text and illustrations give readers a peek at the gentle relationship between this beautiful cat, who is sometimes more than just a cat, and his family of people.
This is Lynda's most recent of eight books published as both eBooks and paperbacks. The others are:
Circles in the Wind, a picture book about the life cycle of a dandelion plant;
Monkey Tales, for beginning readers;
Margaret's Christmas Cookies, a holiday chapter book;
and four longer chapter books for middle-grade readers,
Tiny Others ("Agent C" Series);
Pomegranate ("Agent C" Series);
White Rabbit Time ("Agent C" Series);
and Lucky Alana ("Agent C" Series).
About the Author: As a child growing up in cozy little town on the Missouri River of South Dakota, Lynda explored her early passion for writing and art by creating stories and poems. She even attempted one novel on theme paper and kept it carefully hidden on a high dusty shelf in her bedroom.
A resident of Arizona for many years now, she lives with her husband and their black and white cat, Topper. Two grown-up daughters have homes and families of their own in other places.
With two degrees in Elementary Ed, Lynda loved teaching in grades 1,2,3,4, and 5 of public schools for twenty-one years. Even after retirement she continued to work with students in a reading intervention program.
...And throughout her adult life she wrote, painted, and revised her stories. At last, she began to realize that she owned a desk full of ideas, problems, and children who lived only in her imagination.
Finally, Lynda decided that books without readers were a waste of her joy and inspiration!
She has now published eight of her stories as eBooks and paperbacks.
Two more "Agent C" chapter books are planned for the near future.
