Books with title Matilda's Cat

Meet Matilda Wiggins who has just graduated from a nanny school. She has come from London, England and landed her first job after being hired by Richard's parents, Sue and Al Evergreen. The children Matilda will care for are Joey, six, and Jennie four. Richard's wife died suddenly. He has just begun his own computer company and is unable to deal with his children's anxieties. Matilda takes over the household and Al and Sue leave for their home and flower shop in California. With the children's grandparents gone, Matilda finds herself dealing with Joey who is deeply troubled.

Matilda Wiggins has married Mark Rosen. She is having a grand time on their honeymoon cruise and made new friends, Kelly and Raymond, who have joined the newly weds for breakfast each morning. There are three days left of the voyage, but for some reason, their friends are unusually late, but when they arrive, Kelly is hysterical. She announces she just received a wire that her brother, an American soldier in Iraq has been injured. Unable to eat, Kelly rushes back to her cabin. This news disturbs Matilda and Mark, and it is later, he tells his bride he'd like to volunteer in Iraq and assist in the rebuilding of schools. Will he go? Matilda is astonished and puzzled by her husband's remarks. She has planned to become an elementary school teacher, but misses Joey and Jennie who will meet their new nanny, soon. How will they adjust to someone else? After all, there is an enormous bond between the children and beloved former, nanny, Matilda.

If you listen, you may hear Catilda singing sadly. She misses her teddy bear, Ollie, whom she's lost on a trip to the city. If you listen, you will hear her parents creeping up the stairs, talking about the child they have put snugly to bed. They hear only silence. If you watch, you will see everything those parents don't suspect -- everything that a child's love for a teddy bear can lead to. John Stadler has told his loving story with the lightest of touches and painted it with the lightness of air.